Concern over fund managers work, and fees.

Its nice to have ones view validated. Kaspanz for years now has been saying fund managers fees in New Zealand have  been a golden mile, too high, and out of kilter with other OECD countries.

Kaspanz has also been consistent for over a decade in saying “the research” on active management performance over the alternative  passive approach , strongly favours passive. Consumers should be cautious in  investing in funds with  fees higher than the lower end of the spectrum and also  look for hidden costs too.

The Financial Markets have released their findings on active funds performance, concluding :However the impact of fees caused the benefits of this  competence to disappear for most funds:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/128679825/fma-raises-concerns-over-kiwisaver-fund-managers-performance-and-fees

This article was written by Alec Waugh

BA (history) Master Public Policy MPP. Career primarily Police 1968-2006. CEO Business Information Services (BIZinfo) Liberal commentator, voted NZ First/Labour last 3 elections. European. Interested in delivery issues and implementation, trends over time. Well read

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