How UK fund boutiques are weathering the era of wealth consolidation

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Over the last decade, the UK wealth sector has been shaped by three interrelated trends: consolidation, the centralisation of investment propositions and the increasing adoption of low-cost index-tracking strategies. There is evidence this has had a knock-on impact on fund boutiques.

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