Board determines 'good value' on all HL multi-manager funds

Follows scrutiny over Woodford exposure

Mike Sheen
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Every one of Hargreaves Lansdown's multi-manager funds have been determined to offer "good value" on a range of metrics by the vehicles' board of directors.

The declaration comes as part of the firm's first Assessment of Value (AoV) report, which determined that each fund offered value on the basis of offering economies of scale and "the additional level of service" they offer investors, even where there has been underperformance. All fund managers offering funds in the UK will be publishing AoVs in the coming weeks for funds with accounting years ending 30 September 2019 onwards, following the action taken by the Financial Conduct Authority in the wake of its 2018 Asset Management Market Study. FCA monitors Woodford-exposed multi-manager...

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