Chris Sier
OpinionSmall schemes lagging larger peers on cost transparency
Data crunch: Chris Sier runs the rule over the government’s response to the ‘Review of the default fund charge cap and standardised cost disclosure’ and asks whether voluntary submission of cost and performance data by asset managers is the way forward.
OpinionCost data collection – is it all worth it?
Data crunch: In the final instalment of his series analysing findings from the Cost Transparency Initiative, Chris Sier of ClearGlass asks what schemes should actually do with their own data.
OpinionWhat role does culture play in value for money?
Data crunch: ClearGlass’s Chris Sier shows that the best active funds are usually run by the lowest-cost managers, and asks whether fund houses’ readiness to provide data can be shown to be a sign of good net performance.
OpinionThe £1bn myth: how scheme-level costs change with size
Drawing together conclusions of recent articles, ClearGlass’s Chris Sier shows that merely making it past the magic £1bn does not automatically deliver scale benefits to members.
OpinionDoes paying more deliver more performance?
Data crunch: You get what you pay for, right? As far as fund management is concerned, this old adage does not quite ring true, although as ever there are some caveats, argues ClearGlass’s Chris Sier.
OpinionEconomies of scale: do they exist?
Data Crunch: Does size matter? ClearGlass’s Chris Sier digs into the asset classes that offer economies of scales to large or consolidated investors, and explores the possibility that size creates a cost drag in others.
OpinionSegregated mandates – a club for large pension schemes only
Data crunch: Dr Chris Sier’s latest cost data insight looks deeper into the divide between users of pooled funds and segregated mandates - and the tricky implications for schemes lacking scale.
OpinionAsset allocation analysis reveals UK’s governance weakness
Data crunch: Another edition of Dr Chris Sier’s insights into cost data collection reveals an inability of large chunks of the UK scheme universe to fulfil their engagement duties fully, leaving policymakers with tricky questions over how to proceed on environmental, social and governance rules.
OpinionIf you think you know your costs, you could be wrong - UPDATED
Data crunch: The third of Dr Chris Sier’s insights into cost transparency gets right to the heart of the issue: just how much of a pension schemes total costs were previously unknown?
OpinionNot all asset managers are created equal
Data crunch: In the second instalment of a series distilling learnings from the Cost Transparency Initiative, ClearGlass’s Chris Sier names the asset managers that have actively supported schemes to better understand their costs.
OpinionAsset managers are no longer the problem on cost transparency
Data crunch: In the first of a 10-part series on learnings from the Cost Transparency Initiative, the project’s leader, Chris Sier, busts the myth that asset managers are holding back better understanding of value for money.