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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...

Five things I learned in South Africa

In 1996 I spent two unforgettable months working as a journalist in South Africa. It was a time of huge excitement — Nelson Mandela had been in power for little more than 18 months — but there was also huge apprehension about the future.

#SFTW Now the good news — Transparency is coming

SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND Transparency For anyone who wants to see a fairer, more transparent asset management industry, this five-minute interview is compulsory viewing. Transparency. It features Andy Agathangelou, founding chair of the Transparency Task Force, of which I have recently become an...

Andy Agathangelou: The campaign for transparency in asset management

For anyone who wants to see a fairer, more transparent asset management industry, this five-minute interview is compulsory viewing. It features Andy Agathangelou, founding chair of the Transparency Task Force, of which I have recently become an Ambassador. In the video, Andy...

John Oliver demolishes active fund management

I’ve always liked John Oliver, but I’m now an even bigger fan of this Birmingham-boy-made-good after a hilarious takedown of the financial services sector on American television. It first aired in the US eight weeks ago. Frustratingly, it has only just been...

Sleeping with the enemy

Transparency. For those of us who’ve worked out how it operates, it’s hard not to feel resentful of the investing industry. Depending on where in the world they are, investors are typically losing between a half and two-thirds of their potential returns in...