More than 25% of SJP funds fail to deliver value as 80% red-flagged for performance

Assessment of Value report shows

Linus Uhlig
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More than 25% of St James’s Place (SJP) funds have failed to deliver value for investors, as the struggling wealth manager reported a swathe of red flags across its funds.

Of the 45 funds - six of which are not available to UK investors - listed in its latest Assessment of Value report, 13 were deemed to have not delivered value for their investors over the past five years.  Meanwhile, 36 of the 45 funds were red flagged for performance, two for fund charges, one for quality of service, two for economies of scale and six for comparable market rates.  In addition, not one of the 45 funds received an entirely unblotted report, with a raft of amber flags also attributed to funds for ‘broadly' delivering value.  On the domestic side, 30 of the 39 funds a...

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