Cut-throat price competition among tracker fund providers is fuelling the war on fees across Europe’s investment industry with active managers joining their passive counterparts in axing fees to attract new investors and retain existing clients. Fees for exchange traded funds have fallen by 30 per cent over the past three years while index-tracking mutual fund […]
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The fierce price war among providers of traditional exchange traded funds may be over, with many industry professionals saying that fees for these products cannot fall any further, the Financial Times reports. view full article
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A review by Fitz Partners, a London-based fund research company specialising in the detailed calculations of fund fees and expenses found that of truly passive products, ETFs are more expensive than index tracking counterparts. view full article
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Charges for traditional index-tracking funds have steadily decreased over the past four years and are in some cases lower than for ETFs, says a research house. Fitz Partners says that since 2016, equity ETFs have seen a 27% fall in their ongoing charges figures (OCFs), whilst charges applied to ‘clean’ share classes of index-tracking mutual
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… This will “challenge the perception of some fund products being always better value”, says Hugues Gilbert, chief executive of Fitz Partners, pointing to higher hidden trading costs in illiquid markets. Analysis by the consultancy showed that the average ongoing charges of an equity fund would increase by … view full article
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