Fees
Hedge funds benefit from lower prime broker fees
Hedge funds can lock in favourable rates for prime brokerage services as competition forces banks to rethink pricing, says former BlackRock managing director David Geffen who now runs a consultancy
Merchant Capital structured product investors to pay up to £600 as Reyker takes over plan management
Merchant Capital structured products investors are due to be charged hefty fees at product maturity as custodian Reyker Securities takes over as plan manager.
The effect of RDR on UK retail structured products
The RDR effect
The Structured Products IFA Survey 2012
The Structured Products IFA Survey 2012
Trade of the month: the impact of RDR on structured products
Trade of the month: the impact of RDR on structured products
Stripping out commission will transform UK market, says FSA's Woodall
Linda Woodall, head of investments at the UK Financial Services Authority talks about the balance between consumer protection and the need to police financial advisers ahead of the Retail Distribution Review
The FSA's Retail Distribution Review: What price retail advice?
What price advice?
Trade of the month: Secondary pricing and fair value
As with any competitive market, fee levels are influenced to a large degree by the market, since a product cannot normally hide high fees and appear competitive.
Trade of the month: fees, profit and risk in structured products
The success of any structured product issued in the retail market is partly determined by the fee structure, in which fees are generally taken in three ways – first in the commission level paid to the broker or adviser, second in the the fee charged by…
Editor's letter
Editorial