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Introducing our new portfolio review service for professionals
The vast majority of pensions funds, charities, endowments and other institutional portfolios have underperformed the market for decades. The way to stop the rot is to have an independent portfolio review, reduce fees and complexity, and increase diversification. From today, that’s precisely what TEBI is offering. As anyone who’s read The...
Ask the audience: Wisdom of the crowds
Communicating difficult financial concepts is rarely easy, and it often works better if you drop the obscure jargon completely and tell the story using an analogy or metaphor. With that in mind, TEBI is pleased to present a new regular feature called...
The curse of conventional failure
Whatever your views on the merits of the UK leaving the EU, there’s one thing no one can take away from the Leave campaign: its victory in the 2016 referendum was one of the most remarkable achievements in modern political history. The...
How much risk should you take?
Welcome to the first in a new series of articles in which we are going to be looking at the fundamentals of investing. We’re starting with one of the most important, and also the most difficult, questions of all: How much risk...
Irish regulator gets tough with closet index funds
Closet index tracking is the dishonest, and sadly widespread, practice of fund managers charging for active management while simply hugging the benchmark. It’s the fund industry’s dirty little secret and it has been a systemic problem for years. Morningstar has found that...
Eight questions to ask when renewing your phone contract
By LESLEY GREGORY So, your mobile phone contract is expiring soon, and there’s a new iPhone or Samsung on the way that looks pretty nifty. But along with its sharp camera is a very pointy purchase price. Most people will dull...
You’re entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts
It’s time for the penultimate part of our serialisation of JOHN DE GOEY’s book, STANDUP to the Financial Services Industry. The book aims to protect investors from bad financial advice. It’s written primarily for a Canadian audience, but it contains useful information...
