Abstract
The quality of services provided by institutional investors has attracted considerable attention. This paper adds to the debate by showing that institutional differences in setting up define contribution personal schemes have an economically significant impact on the returns. Using a sample of 10,326 UK defined contribution personal pension funds over July 1990 – June 2019, I show that pension funds that have a third party involved in contract setting and subsequent oversight deliver 0.96–1.67% higher gross returns and charge 0.7% lower fees than pension funds offered directly to the public without any third, well–informed party involved. I also show that the introduction of additional governance bodies in 2015 resulted in widening the performance gap which further supports the notion that investment governance has a material impact on fund performance. The results highlight the importance of investment oversight and call for more protection for individual investors.
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