M&G’s purpose is to help people manage and grow their savings and investments. Delivering value is a key aspect of this.
The annual assessment of the value provided to investors in each of M&G’s UK-based funds is designed to help you understand whether M&G’s charges are justified in the context of the overall service we deliver.
Our regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has published rules and guidance to improve the quality of the information available to consumers about the funds they invest in.
As part of its duty to act in the best interests of investors, the Board of M&G Securities Limited (MGSL), will publish an annual assessment of the value provided to our investors. It is their responsibility, as the Authorised Corporate Director of M&G Investment Funds, to think and act on your behalf.
The Board of MGSL has objectively evaluated the value delivered to M&G’s investors, in the year ending 31 March 2022, according to seven criteria set out by the FCA (see below).
The Board have awarded an overall value rating to each share class of every UK-based M&G fund. Their conclusions for each share class, and according to each of the seven value criteria, are presented on a five-point scale, ranging from “outstanding” to “unsatisfactory”.
In line with FCA requirements, the Board of MGSL have considered each of the following criteria as part of the methodology:
The best efforts to present this analysis in a fair and useful way have been reflected in this published report.
After an introduction from the Board of MGSL, you will find a full list of the issues that we flagged in our 2021 report, and what has been done to address them. You can also read about the progress that has been made by M&G over the last year to improve the overall value delivered to investors. We then have information to help you interpret the report and each fund has its own section in the report.
You can find the fund – or funds – you are interested in by navigating directly from the Fund Ratings page by clicking on each fund name. You can then find your way back to the Fund Ratings page from anywhere in the document by clicking on the blue button on the top-right of every page labelled ‘Go to fund ratings’ (as shown below).
You can read more about the methodology of the Value Assessment, as well as some of the terminology used in the report, in the Appendix at the end of the report.
To find the name of the fund your clients are invested in, like the “M&G Optimal Income Fund”, and the share class they hold, for instance “Sterling Class A Shares”, you can check the following: