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Asset management giants set to be dragged into competition probe

The likes of BlackRock and Legal & General could find themselves swept up by the probe into fiduciary management services

Asset management giants set to be dragged into competition probe
Photo: Photography: Darren Lazarus

Fund managers including BlackRock and Goldman Sachs Asset Management are set to be embroiled in the wide-ranging competition investigation of the lucrative investment consulting market.

The Financial Conduct Authority announced last week it had referred UK investment consultants, which comprise AON Hewitt, Mercer and Willis Towers Watson, to the Competition and Markets Authority after ruling the industry is plagued by opaque fees and conflicts of interest.

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