Which are Singapore’s most cost-inefficient funds?

SINGAPORE (Sept 16): Diminutive funds with sky-high expense ratios and dismal long-term performance should be dumped, say fund experts. 

Indeed, extensive research has shown that investment funds with high expense ratios tend to have a return disadvantage over those with lower such ratios. The reason is simple — costs and expenses generally eat into investment returns.

And the connection, according to widely-documented academic studies, appears to be very direct. Just load up on the funds’ expenses and the average returns, as empirically observed, will decline.

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