Assessment of Value regime called into question as fund closures remain stagnant

133 closures in 2021

Kathleen Gallagher
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Fund pickers and research firms have called into question the success of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Assessment of Value (AoV) regime, as the number of fund closures has remained the same over the past ten years.

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