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Asset managers: Time to cut the cost of selling funds

FN's asset management panel concedes fees are too high for a low-return environment, but argues the way funds are sold by banks and insurers is part of the problem

  L-R: Ed Francis, Vincent Mortier and Rod Paris
L-R: Ed Francis, Vincent Mortier and Rod Paris Photo: Photography: Micha Theiner

Asset managers concede that investors are paying too much for their savings to be invested in a low-return market - but they argue the cost of selling funds, as opposed to managing them, needs to fall.

The costs of distributing asset managers' products was a area of focus at FN's January 26 briefing on the outlook for the investment industry in 2017, with the panel chaired by FN columnist David Wighton.

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