Are you getting what you need from fund rating services?

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Ahead of the launch of two new fund rating services, Rebecca Jones takes a look at the existing services out there and asks if advisers are getting all they need.

As Rayner Spencer Mills Research (RSMR) launches three new additions to its fund rating service, Morningstar OBSR piles more analysts into its now 30-strong UK team and new challengers FundCalibre and Square Mile Investment Research announce their intention to launch next year, it would seem fund rating services are upping their game somewhat. What advisers get According to RSMR co-founder Geoff Mills, the firm’s recent innovations - which include research for funds less than 12 months old, as well as multi-asset suites - were a response to adviser demand. “Since the Retail Distribu...

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