transparency

Most financial advisers do not understand all of the charges levied by fund providers, Alan Miller, founder of SCM Private said.

A significant proportion of advisers do not know if their business is ready to meet the FSA's new transparency requirements as set out in the retail distribution review (RDR), according to research.

Latest reports show transparency and exchange of tax information globally is improving. The reports focus on the jurisdictions' legal frameworks which allow for transparency and exchange of tax information.

Andy Brown, investment director at Prudential Portfolio Management Group, on why transparency is not a cure-all for the industry's woes.

Offshore Britain's drive to establish agreements for exchanging tax information with as many jurisdictions around the world as possible shows no signs of slackening.

The range of new ETFs coming to market is changing the complexity of the industry by tracking less well-known benchmarks, according to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Research.

A greater level of transparency is needed when ETF providers lend out securities held within their funds, according to industry experts.

Actively managed ETFs that aim to outperform a given benchmark need transparent and efficient servicing processes to be competitive, according to State Street.

Markit, the financial information services group and index provider, has created the ETF Encyclopaedia, offering information on exchange-traded products (ETPs) around the world.

BlackRock's ETF arm iShares has surpassed $500bn in global assets under management (AUM), hitting $509bn at the end of March.