Guinness Global Investors log
Tuesday, 11 November 2025 08:13
Guinness Global Investors cuts fund fees
Fund manager Guinness Global Investors is cutting fees across its fund range and revamping its ‘waterfall’ fee structure from next week.
The firm said the changes will allow it to pass on cost reductions to investors.
Guinness said its waterfall structure has led to reductions in fees for standard 'Y' share classes in the £5.4bn Guinness Global Equity Income Fund from 0.99% to 0.77%.
It said changes to the Guinness Global Equity Income Fund’s waterfall fee structure will ‘lock in’ the lower fees.
From 17 November, 10 of its Irish-domiciled funds, including the £1.1bn Global Innovators Fund and £240m Asian Equity Income Fund, will apply lower fees on 'Y' share classes that are similar to its Guinness Global Equity Income Fund fees.
The effect of the waterfall structure is that when AUM in any of the 10 funds reaches the waterfall level, marginal fees will be reduced to 0.55%, passing on economies of scale to investors through lower blended fees as the funds grow.
|
Fund |
Share Class |
Current OCF |
OCF from 17 November |
|
Guinness Asian Equity Income |
Y |
0.89% |
0.77% |
|
Guinness Best of Asia |
Y |
0.89% |
0.77% |
|
Guinness China A Share |
Y |
0.89% |
0.77% |
|
Guinness Emerging Markets Equity Income |
Y |
0.89% |
0.77% |
|
Guinness European Equity Income |
Y |
0.89% |
0.77% |
|
Guinness Greater China |
Y |
0.89% |
0.77% |
|
Guinness Global Energy |
Y |
0.99% |
0.77% |
|
Guinness Global Equity Income |
Y |
0.77% |
0.77% |
|
Guinness Global Innovators |
Y |
0.81% |
0.79% |
|
Guinness Global Quality Mid Cap |
Y |
0.89% |
0.77% |
|
Guinness Pan-European Equity Income |
Y |
0.89% |
0.77% |
Source: Guinness Global Investors
Similar reductions are being made to the funds’ C, D, I and Z share classes, the firm said.
It added that investors do not need to take any action to benefit from the fee reduction.
It is making similar reductions in fees for WS Guinness Investment Funds, Guinness Global Investors’ UK-domiciled range of funds.
Edward Guinness, CEO, Guinness Global Investors, said: “Investors will be able to access our strategies with even lower costs thanks to this reduction in our fees. We are committed to passing on to investors the benefits of our growing scale.”
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