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The regulatory body for the European Union has proposed stricter disclosure requirements on providers of exchange traded funds (ETFs), but has backed away from imposing more radical reforms on the sector.
Platform FundsNetwork is developing functionality to allow advisers to declare whether or not their post-RDR activities constitute “advice” in a bid to clear up ambiguities surrounding legacy commission.
SIPP investors who have the vast majority of their assets held in Unit Trusts or OEICs may be better off using a platform pension due to cost, says Skandia.
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The losses of $2bn incurred by an allegedly rogue trader on the Delta One desk at UBS have again raised the subject of the (lack of) risk controls by banks dealing in opaque instruments, the need to separate investment and retail banking and the risks inherent in ETFs, says Terry Smith, chief executive of Fundsmith.
Terry Smith, founder of Fundsmith, warns ETFs face a range of problems from potentially misleading investors to exposing buyers to counterparty risk.
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