Managers reconsider use of index providers amid 'eye-watering' costs

'Index providers having a laugh'

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The use of data from index providers by asset management groups as a benchmark tool is set to be disrupted as firms reconsider the "eye-watering" fees, and some providers respond by making their indices free to use for benchmarking purposes.

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