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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...
The FCA Report — Some thank yous
Wow. I didn’t see that coming. I’m referring, of course, to the interim report by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on its study into competition in the UK asset management industry, published last Friday. I’ll be writing plenty more about it in...
FCA report on UK asset management: The TTF response
Today is a momentous day for the regulation of the UK asset management industry. The Financial Conduct Authority has issued an interim report on completion in the industry and, on the face of it, this appears to be the hard-hitting report that my...
#SFTW: What makes evidence-based investors different?
SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND As those who’ve listened to my latest podcast will know, I’ve been in contemplative mood this week. No, not about a certain election result, but the definition of evidence-based investing. The question has come into sharper focus with the...
Conventional investing & EBI: What’s the difference?
As those who’ve listened to my latest podcast will know, I’ve been in contemplative mood this week. No, not about a certain election result, but the definition of evidence-based investing. The question has come into sharper focus with the inaugural Evidence-Based Investing...
Do you really have an edge?
One of the best books a new investor can read is Investing Demystified by Lars Kroijer. Lars, a Harvard-educated Dane, based in London, was for many years a successful hedge fund manager. But during that time he saw at first hand how very...
Podcast Episode 2: What’s with the name?
It’s time for our second audio podcast, and this week we taking a closer look at the phrase evidence-based investing. What exactly does it mean? Who started using the term, and when? It features Wendy Cook, an investment writer in Oregon who,...