Hargreaves Lansdown: Money market funds attract retail investors in July
Royal London and Abrdn money market funds among the most bought
Royal London and Abrdn money market funds among the most bought
Fundsmith Equity was the only active fund in the top 10 list
Despite Hargreaves Lansdown analysis being ‘a bit damning’ for active funds
BGF Impact Bond Fund is classed as ‘Article 9’
After a quick-fire deployment, the number of ESG strategies brought to market is also on the decline
Cheapest US equity funds have produced better returns compared to pricier active peers
Active bonds suffered €7bn in outflows along with active commodities and convertibles, hitting Europe’s asset management industry hard in February.
AJ Bell Investments has launched an active version of its Managed Portfolio Service, with six risk-managed portfolios.
While lacking in headline grabbing announcements, Architas investment director Adrian Lowcock has identified three funds which are set to benefit from Wednesday’s budget.
It was a bad time to be an active manager in 2016, the year of Brexit and Trump, with underperformance plaguing funds as passives tracked the market higher and higher.
The active funds industry must shrink, cut prices, better-align itself with investors and differentiate if it wants to compete against a passive onslaught, according to a report by Morningstar.
Lyxor Asset Management has found that close to half of European domiciled active funds outperformed their benchmarks last year, a big increase on 2014.