Today’s consumers are usually quite savvy about how much they pay for things, but far too many of us still have a blind spot when it comes to fund charges.
6 reasons why UK fund charges are a rip off
Is it just us, or is the UK investment industry increasingly starting to resemble Premier League football?
Picking the winning team
Thank goodness, it’s that time of year again. Time to feel the sea air on our faces and the sand between our toes. Time to relax, unwind and forget the stresses and strains of everyday life.
Time for the City to take time out
The revelation last week that investment banks are charging fund managers up to £10 000 an hour to meet the chief executives of their corporate clients made little more than a footnote in the financial press.
Cash for corporate access
Hardly a week goes by without more reports detailing quite how hopeless UK fund managers are at managing our investments. Last weekend’s money sections featured so many such stories that surely readers must be starting to question the wisdom of paying so-called ‘experts’ exorbitant charges to buy and sell shares on their behalf.
Dog days for fund managers
2012 has been a dire year for mutual fund managers. Industry figures suggest that as many as 75 to 80% of actively managed funds have delivered lower returns - after fees - than passively managed index funds.
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