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Chris Sier to chair FCA cost disclosure working group
Chris Sier to chair FCA cost disclosure working group

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Chris Sier to chair its working group on disclosure of costs and charges for institutional investors.

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  • 02 August 2017
Kempen: Industry could be wasting time on implicit cost disclosure
Kempen: Industry could be wasting time on implicit cost disclosure

Disclosure of investment costs can be achieved without necessarily finding out the true value of implicit costs, Kempen Capital Management argues.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 27 July 2017
LGPS launches cost transparency code for asset managers
LGPS launches cost transparency code for asset managers

The Local Government Pension Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) has launched a transparency code to help schemes get a better handle on their costs and fees.

  • Investment
  • 17 May 2017
IA consults on 'blueprint' for cost disclosure
IA consults on 'blueprint' for cost disclosure

The Investment Association (IA) has revealed its proposed code to standardise cost disclosure across collective funds, segregated mandates, and institutional investors.

  • Investment
  • 27 March 2017
Debbie Abrahams: Brexit could make poorer savers worse off
Debbie Abrahams: Brexit could make poorer savers worse off

The economic uncertainty caused by Britain's decision to leave the European Union (EU) could make poorer savers worse off says shadow work and pensions minister Debbie Abrahams.

  • Industry
  • 02 February 2017
John Kay: Transparency will not help improve returns for savers
John Kay: Transparency will not help improve returns for savers

Increased transparency will not deliver better outcomes for savers in pension schemes says economist John Kay.

  • Investment
  • 01 February 2017
Government to consult on pension cost disclosure this year
Government to consult on pension cost disclosure this year

Work and pensions minister Damian Green has confirmed the government will consult on hidden costs and charges later this year.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 31 January 2017
Shadow minister: Savers need to understand 'every dot and jut' of costs
Shadow minister: Savers need to understand 'every dot and jut' of costs

Alex Cunningham, the shadow pensions minister, speaks to James Phillips about his new brief, auto-enrolment, and DB deficits

  • Law and Regulation
  • 23 January 2017
TTF calls on MPs to launch costs inquiry
TTF calls on MPs to launch costs inquiry

Members of the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) have been urged to set up a broad inquiry into hidden costs and charges faced by pension schemes.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 13 January 2017
Transaction costs 'just one piece of jigsaw' for FCA's steps to transparency
Transaction costs 'just one piece of jigsaw' for FCA's steps to transparency

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been urged to consider a broader section of pension costs than simply transaction costs.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 11 January 2017
Government to implement FCA's cost transparency proposals
Government to implement FCA's cost transparency proposals

Pensions minister Richard Harrington has said the government will work with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to improve transparency of pension costs.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 10 January 2017
Has the FCA found the right solution for hidden transaction costs?
Has the FCA found the right solution for hidden transaction costs?

As the FCA closes its consultation on improving transparency of costs and charges in pension schemes, James Phillips asks the industry whether the watchdog has the right solution.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 06 January 2017
Greater transparency could save average scheme £800k per year
Greater transparency could save average scheme £800k per year

Greater transparency of costs and charges for pension funds could save the average pension fund £800,000 per year, The Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) says.

  • Investment
  • 12 October 2016
FCA's cost transparency consultation is 'significant step forward'
FCA's cost transparency consultation is 'significant step forward'

The industry has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation on forcing asset managers to provide greater transparency on transaction costs.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 05 October 2016
FCA proposes complete transparency for asset managers on pension scheme transaction costs
FCA proposes complete transparency for asset managers on pension scheme transaction costs

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed the introduction of a duty on asset managers to disclose aggregate transaction costs to pension schemes that invest in their funds.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 05 October 2016
LGPS must explain costs properly to avoid misunderstandings
LGPS must explain costs properly to avoid misunderstandings

Failure to communicate Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) investment costs in the right way could lead to misunderstandings among members, says Jeff Houston.

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  • 23 September 2016
Freedom and choice most radical and 'irresponsible' coalition policy, industry says
Freedom and choice most radical and 'irresponsible' coalition policy, industry says

The coalition government's most radical pension policy was freedom and choice, according to 69% of Pensions Buzz respondents.

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  • 23 September 2016
Are deficits starting to spook investors?
Are deficits starting to spook investors?

The cost and size of pension deficits are increasing which has consequences for trustees, company directors and shareholders. Michael Klimes asks if investors are starting to worry.

  • Defined Benefit
  • 02 September 2016
Could trustees be sued over excessive charges?
Could trustees be sued over excessive charges?

As US savers fight their pension schemes over high costs and charges, there is concern British trustees could see similar action. James Phillips reports

  • Law and Regulation
  • 30 August 2016
IA's advisory board refuses to endorse 'Loch Ness Monster' fees research
IA's advisory board refuses to endorse 'Loch Ness Monster' fees research

The chair of the Investment Association's (IA) advisory board on cost transparency Mark Fawcett has distanced himself from the trade body's controversial report on charges.

  • Investment
  • 22 August 2016
Industry rejects IA's 'nonsense' report on hidden costs
Industry rejects IA's 'nonsense' report on hidden costs

The Investment Association's (IA) report on hidden costs and charges has been blasted as "amateurish and totally misleading" in a damning attack from the industry.

  • Investment
  • 10 August 2016
Hidden fees are the 'Loch Ness Monster of investments', says IA
Hidden fees are the 'Loch Ness Monster of investments', says IA

There is “zero evidence” to support the “hidden fees hysteria” that unknown costs are damaging pension funds, the Investment Association (IA) has argued.

  • Investment
  • 09 August 2016
LGPS transparency code to launch this Autumn
LGPS transparency code to launch this Autumn

A transparency code for asset managers will soon be introduced in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to improve and standardise the reporting of investment costs.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 08 August 2016
Agathangelou leaves CIPP and Friends of Auto Enrolment
Agathangelou leaves CIPP and Friends of Auto Enrolment

Andy Agathangelou has left the Friends of Auto Enrolment (FAE) two and half years after founding the association for the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).

  • Industry
  • 08 August 2016
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