FE announces its 2015 FE Alpha Managers, marking out 182 managers as the top 10% running funds available to UK retail investors. Of these, 37 attained the designation for the first time this year. A further nine managers were included in the 2014 list who missed out last year, but who had been rated in previous years.
Alongside this month’s bi-annual rebalancing of the FE Crown fund ratings, FE have decided to stop using the Investment Association’s classification for risk-targeted funds within Mixed Asset sectors, instead comparing funds which are designed to take on a specified level of risk with similar products.
FE Trustnet, the free fund research website, has overhauled its factsheets to create a one-of-a-kind fund research centre to help investors research and find funds which suit their needs.
This month’s bi-annual rebalancing of the FE Crown Fund Ratings saw 19 funds receive the highest score of Five FE Crowns in their first ever rating. Funds must have a three-year track record to be eligible. Of those ranked within the top 10% of all funds, seven Standard Life Investments My Folio funds made the cut, including SLI MyFolio Managed Income II, Multi Manager IV and Managed V.
Only 30 fund managers have managed to achieve the highly coveted FE Alpha Manager rating seven years in a row, since the rating was launched in 2009.
A new comparison tool from FE Trustnet allows investors to draw up a shortlist of funds using a huge range of customisable criteria.
FE Trustnet, the free fund research website, has launched a new fund analysis tool to help IFAs find funds which suit their clients’ needs.
FE was named Best Independent Planning Tool Provider for the third year running at the annual Aberdeen UK Platform Awards held last night. The accolade recognises the planning tool that advisers most value in support of their proposition as voted for by the advisers themselves, with some 1,500 registering their choice.
KIID provider Kii Hub has been announced as the winner of the 2014 “Award for Best Practice” at this week’s Investment Week Fund Services Awards. Kii Hub is a joint venture between TFM and FE. FE also received Highly Commended in the “Best Fund Rating and Research Service” category.
FE Analytics has added new property indices to its database, allowing investors to measure London and South East property prices against the rest of the UK.
FE is delighted to announce that it has won the “Best in Investment Analysis” award in metroBox Magazine’s Prime Awards for Banking and Finance Corporation 2014. This is the third year in a row in which FE has won this award.