Investment Ideas: short notes on trading costs, Georgia, a new S&P 500 ETF and the new Achilles fund

I'm still wary of Georgian politics but listed PE fund is firing on all cylidners. Plus why FX fees matter for share dealing

Platform fees redux: FX Fees

I’m quietly developing a database of all investment platforms in the UK investment market, detailing their platform fees and other, sometimes hidden, costs. It's all part of a project to release a separate website called Invest4Less, which aims to publicise the underlying costs of investment platforms in the UK.

While research…