For what feels like the gazillionth time, fund fees came under scrutiny last month. Like sky-high executive pay, tax-dodging and expenses fiddling, opaque and excessive fund fees are an issue that just will not die.
The Nordic funds industry claims that by working alongside regulators it has dealt head on with the controversy over alleged closet-tracking. Mark Latham reports.
Portfolio Manager Thomas Kruse examines the findings from Pioneer Investments’ survey on income investing and outlines ways of achieving a target income.
With annual spending on regulatory technology thought to be €50 billion and growing, Funds Europe asks a selection of fund management firms, tech providers and professional advisers about their experience of implementing regtech solutions.
In 2018, fund distributors will have to comply with Priips and MiFID II on top of existing Ucits rules. Nicholas Pratt looks for any common themes.
In February, the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) moved to address some of the inconsistencies between the Ucits Directive and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) through its 2017 Supervisory Convergence Work Programme.
Competition in the property sector and a shortage of available buildings are leading investors to more specialist real estate funds, writes Nicholas Pratt.
The role of CFO within real estate investment platforms is becoming increasingly complex. Michael Hornsby and Renaud Breyer of EY Luxembourg explain why.
