S&P faces competition from Fund Intelligence

A funds research ratings service, run by intermediary group AV Analysis, has been launched in direct competition to Standard & Poor's. Fund Intelligence, which will be marketed to intermediaries by the Tunbridge Wells-based group, scores onshore unit trusts and Oeic funds, according to risk, charges and what it calls potential. The service has been developed from the group's existing in-house research, and is designed to help advisers who do not have extensive research facilities by providing a simple and succinct tool on which recommendations to clients can be based, according to ...