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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...

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Small isn’t beautiful in the UK fund industry

  Rob Davies runs the VT Munro Smart-Beta UK Fund, which was acquired by Valu-Trac from Maven Capital Partners in October 2015. But getting institutional investors interest in it is an uphill struggle. The problem, he says, is that the asset management industry,...

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Bogle on Brexit, Trump and political division

  In case you missed it, CNN ran an extended interview with Jack Bogle on Saturday and, as you’d expect, it was brimming with wit and wisdom. Brexit. As well as Wall Street and the financial markets, Bogle had plenty to say about...

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See you in California!

  The inaugural Evidence-Based Investing Conference in New York City in November was such a blast that we’re doing it all again — in California! The good news is that this event is going to be bigger and better. For a start, it’s being...

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Podcast Episode 12: Vanguard sets its sights on Europe

  Everyone knows by now how phenomenally successful Vanguard has been in the US in the last few years. But it’s not doing badly elsewhere in the world either. For the latest TEBI Podcast, I’ve been interviewing Dr Peter Westaway, Chief Economist and...

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How funds use IPOs to inflate performance

  As every TEBI reader knows, plain and boring, fuddy-duddy index funds are by far and away the best investment vehicles for long-term investors to use. But whether it’s cars, tech, fashion or investing, most of us prefer products that are shiny and...

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Face facts — self-regulation of UK asset management has failed

  With the final report of the Financial Conduct Authority on its study into competition in UK asset management due before the end of June, speculation is mounting as to its likely contents. I hear the fund industry has been lobbying hard to...

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