22nd December 2016
Diseconomies of scale and scope in asset management
Asset management has an agency problem — in fact, several agency problems. In other words, what’s good for the fund manager, for the company he or she works for, and for that firm’s shareholders, is not necessarily good for you, the … Continued
Read Post21st December 2016
Damning report by the FCA on the failures of active management industry summarised in our two part blog – reading it could save you £000’s – Part 2
The FCA report concluded that fund charges are often too high, that there is a lack of genuine competition on price and that investors are not being given a clear picture of how much they are paying to invest. What … Continued
Read Post19th December 2016
Damning report by the FCA on the failures of active management industry summarised in our two part blog – reading it could save you £000’s – Part 1
There was good news for UK investors when the Financial Conduct Authority published a long-awaited report on the asset management industry. The report concluded that fund charges are often too high, that there is a lack of genuine competition on … Continued
Read Post14th December 2016
Carbon’s fifth investment principle: Investments that appear too good to be true always are.
Returns of 11%, 15%, or even 26% last year! And from lower-risk property investment! You don’t have to spend much time on Google to find property investments enticing individuals to part with their savings in search of high returns with … Continued
Read Post13th December 2016
Second-Hand Annuities Market – Cancelled
In March 2015 the Government announced plans to create a second-hand annuity market and allow people, who had previously bought annuities, to sell them for cash, from April 2017. At the start of this month they decided to cancel those … Continued
Read Post8th December 2016
Dive in head first or dip your toe in the water?
In Monday’s edition of the Press & Journal, Carbon’s investment director, Barry O’Neill explores whether there is any merit in drip-feeding your money into investment markets rather than investing everything at once. Whilst your initial instinct might be to take … Continued
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