Next year will bring the realisation that super clean is not so super, predicts Fidelity FundsNetwork.
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has secured the lowest cost share class deals available from the vast majority of its major fund partners after groups signed up to its Access programme.
A number of asset managers stand to double their market share if they are prepared to be aggressive on super clean pricing, according to research from Barclays.
Skandia's director of investments James Millard is stepping down from the role at the end of the year after it was decided the managed portfolio service will be run by Old Mutual Global Investors.
Investors view the whole of the financial services industry through the prism of banks' behaviour, meaning trade bodies must do more to talk up the good the profession does, according to ex-Morningstar OBSR managing director Richard Romer-Lee.
Fund groups signed up to Skandia's WealthSelect proposition are holding further talks with the platform after it altered its pricing plans, sparking concerns over margins.