Portfolio Solutions | Fee Benchmarking & Negotiation
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Fee Review & Negotiation

Clariance Fee Benchmarking delivers clear, customisable assessments of the fees that clients are paying to asset managers. Reports are informed by live fund manager selection data, not simply the ‘rack rates’ that managers disclose. As well as a different approach to data gathering, reports deliver appropriate comparisons against closely tailored peer groups and insight from senior investment specialists with front-line experience. Negotiation support is also available.
Fee Reviews
Unique fee insights from live market data, manager connections and experience

Depth
40,000+ fee data-points within our proprietary ‘IMP’ database, covering 3000+ managers and 200+ sub-asset classes.

Breadth
Supplemented by industry databases and tailored market - making enquiries as appropriate.

Expertise
Customised by asset class experts, working in partnership with you to identify appropriate peer groups, validate and interpret results.
Practical application
Asset owners seek detailed insights on fees to support a range of objectives including identifying potential savings, re-negotiating prices with providers, validating overall expenses and even strategic reorientation. Since 2012, bfinance has been assisting a limited number of sophisticated clients with outcome-oriented fee benchmarking, leveraging the firm’s extensive proprietary data gathered through manager search and selection consultancy. With reviews contributing to significant fee savings, we are now offering this service on a standalone basis to pension funds, endowments and other investors globally.

A clear picture
bfinance fee reviews deliver actionable insights on the charges that investors are paying to external managers across all asset classes and sectors. Detailed, customised assessments are designed to support each client’s specific goals.
Board-ready fee review packs incorporate multiple layers of analysis including client-customised filters and metrics, expert commentary, identification of key patterns (e.g. variation by mandate size) and insight on relevant trends (e.g. over time).

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United States, Chicago
220 North Green Street
Chicago
IL 60607
Telephone: (312) 829-4353
Email: info@bfinance.com
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Canada, Montréal
1250 Rene Levesque Boulevard West
Suite 2200, Montreal
Québec H3B 4W8
Telephone: +1 450 902-4965
Fax: +1 514 393 9069
Email: info@bfinance.com
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88 Queens Quay West
Suite 2500, Toronto
Ontario M5J 0B8
Telephone: +1 (416) 560-7275
Email: info@bfinance.com
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1082 MS Amsterdam
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United Kingdom
36 Queen Street, London
EC4R 1BN
Telephone: +44 20 7747 8600
Fax: +44 20 7747 8600
Email: info@bfinance.com
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Germany
Theresienstraße 1
80333 Munich
Telephone: +49 89 55 29 59 00
Fax: +49 89 55 29 59 00
Email: info@bfinance.com
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France
49, Avenue d'Iéna
75016 Paris
Telephone: +33 1 45 02 64 00
Fax: +33 1 45 02 64 01
Email: info@bfinance.com
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Netherlands
Symphony building
Gustav Mahlerplein 3-115, 26th Fl
1082 MS Amsterdam
Telephone: +31(0)20 794 61 00
Email: info@bfinance.com
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NSW 2000
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Australia
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NSW 2000
Telephone: +61 (0)2 8052 3930
Email: info@bfinance.com
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China
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199 Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan
Telephone: +852 3953 7874
Email: info@bfinance.com