Morningstar urges investors to look beyond TER when analysing ETF costs

Trading and holding costs

Tom Eckett
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Investors must look beyond the headline total expense ratio (TER) when investing in ETFs and "take a more holistic approach" to assessing the total cost of owning an ETF, according to a research note by Morningstar.

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