European funds’ profit margins have been squeezed over the past three years, according to new research by Fitz Partners. The specialist fee research firm has assessed the management fees of 1,300 funds domiciled in Luxembourg, Ireland and the UK, stripping out investment advisory fees – which pay for portfolio managers and research analysts – to […]
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In the latest edition of its ‘Investment Advisory Fee Benchmarking Report’, fund research company Fitz Partners has looked at the different costs which make up fund management fees and also an estimate of fund margin levels. The latest Fitz Partners’ research is based on asset managers’ confidential fee schedules and covers over 1,300 funds with
Portfolio management firms working for investment funds have dropped their investment advisory fees for the second year running. Average investment advisory fees have dropped by 13% over the past two years, according to analysis of “confidential” fee schedules by Fitz Partners. view full article
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… “According to analysis by Fitz Partners, the fund research company, investment companies have reduced their headline management fees by 19.4 per cent since 2015. By contrast average investment advisory fees increased, before starting to decline last year.” view full article
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Asset managers are being forced to trim costs in the front office as pricing pressure continues to erode their margins. So-called investment advisory fees have fallen 9 per cent over the past 12 months, according to a new report by Fitz Partners, a specialist fee research firm… view full article
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Investment advisory fees paid by asset managers have fallen by 5 per cent year on year, according to new research, as firms work to keep such costs down. Research firm Fitz Partners writes in its annual investment advisory fee benchmarking report that such fees, which are charged to a fund for stock selection and asset
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