Fixed Income Management: Standard Fee Comparison
As a resource for your insurance company, we've compared fixed income investment management fees, across various portfolio sizes, among managers in the insurance space. Whether conducting a search or routine due diligence, it is important to understand where your insurer's fees fall within the industry landscape.
These standard fee schedules and comparisons were compiled from SAA's proprietary database of investment-grade fixed income managers with insurance specialization, called Manager Select. Insurers can access Manager Select as part of InsurerCIO's complimentary membership. Database Access can be requested here >>
Manager Select provides fee estimates for each firm (based on their submitted fee schedule and portfolio size), as well as an overview of performance, organizational structure, investment philosophy, and much more.
Overall Fee Estimates: By Portfolio Size
Fee Schedules are as of 9.30.24 and are an indication of fees, before negotiation | The database consists of 88 investment management firms, totaling 5,976 insurance fixed income accounts and ~$5.86T in unaffiliated fixed income assets.
Standard Fee Comparison By Firm: Investment Accounting
This comparison reviews the fees for firms that offer investment accounting services (which often includes Schedule D accounting), either as a separate fee or included within their standard fixed income management fee.
Firms can be filtered by the ancillary services they offer, such as investment accounting, on Manager Select.
Standard Fee Comparison By Firm
If you’d like to review the fee estimates, based on your organization's portfolio size, for any of these individual firms, you can request access to review our database. Fees are listed in basis points, but can be converted to dollar amount on Manager Select.