The lang cat and four IFAs 'bust' eight adviser investment companies myths

The report, which was commissioned by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC), included case studies of four IFA firms in a bid to show how advisers can incorporate investment companies into their processes. The eight barriers to investment companies the report tried to myth-bust were as followed: there is an inherent market bias against them; trading costs on platforms can be prohibitive; advisers have lingering misconceptions, and; they do not fit in with model portfolios. The report also addressed the illiquidity of investment companies; the myth they are hard to analyse; the...