J.P. Morgan Chase is launching a digital investing service called “You Invest Portfolios”. For an annual fee of 0.35% of assets, or 35 basis points, J.P. Morgan will put users into an investment portfolio made up of the bank’s exchange traded funds, or ETFs. While the fee is in line with its rivals, by waiving
Already back in 2014 BETTER FINANCE denounced the practice of closet indexing. It launched a campaign against those funds that claim to be “actively” managed but that are in fact merely following market indices, although they charge much higher fees than low cost index-tracking funds such as ETFs. The distribution of such funds as “active”
Investors have pulled an average of £3.5bn a month from active funds since Mifid II rules highlighted the extra cost of active management to fee-pressured advisers. […] The Mifid rules introduced at the beginning of 2018 made it mandatory for advisers to break down costs for their clients periodically in the interest of greater transparency
France’s top financial regulator has urged Europe to move faster on setting common standards for environmental, social and governance investing to prevent widespread “greenwashing”. According to Robert Ophèle, chairman of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, the explosion in interest in ESG and the absence of EU-wide rules governing what constitutes a sustainable fund left Europe
The study by Morningstar found that out of 1,496 UK-listed open-ended funds, around 108 are run by managers named David or Dave, the equivalent to 7.2% of funds, while there are only 105 women overall managing funds. According to Emma Morgan, portfolio manager at Morningstar, “It’s a great shame that the industry is missing out
We were very saddened to learn of the death of Martin Morton at the age of 87. Martin represented UKSA, one of BETTER FINANCE’s member organisations from the UK, at countless BETTER FINANCE (and Euroshareholders before that) meetings in Brussels and engaged all present in lively debates. His rich insights in all matters related to
CONSOB, the Italian financial watchdog, invited me on November 8, 2019 to comment on their very interesting 2019 report on the behavior of Italian savers. Several findings were indeed thought-provoking. For example, 63% of Italian savers are loss averse according to the Report. However, their top choice (and more and more so) is bank accounts.
LUXEMBOURG, 4 NOVEMBER 2019 – Document optimisation company More Carrot has completed what is believed to be the industry’s first study of UCITS prospectuses. The findings shed light on a range of issues, including who uses prospectuses, the main purposes of use, what types of information they look for and how easy it is to
The Netherlands and Denmark have the best pensions systems in the world, according to a global study by Mercer. The survey examined 37 nations using 40 metrics to assess whether a system leads to adequate income replacement for retirees, whether it is sustainable and whether it has the trust and confidence of the community. According
On Friday 11 October BETTER FINANCE hosted a great interactive Financial Education session at BETTER FINANCE Headquarters in Brussels with final-year Finance and Insurance students of the Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen (@HOWEST) looking into FinancialLiteracy, FinTech & RoboAdvice!