Active vs passive debate reunited
The passive versus active debate often feels as outdated as talking up old boy band rivalries, still as long as markets are heading in One Direction the New Kids On The Block will continue kicking up a fuss.
The passive versus active debate often feels as outdated as talking up old boy band rivalries, still as long as markets are heading in One Direction the New Kids On The Block will continue kicking up a fuss.
Active investment can maximise returns and provide downside protection argues Skagens Hilde Jenssen.
The average active UK growth fund has beaten every single FTSE 100 or FTSE All Share tracker over one‚ three‚ five and 10 years‚ according to research by FE Trustnet.
Even though RDR removed the commission barrier and stamp duty on ETFs has been abolished, passive funds are not finding everything their own way despite competing on their own terms with the active giants.
RLAM's new move into passive equity management is nothing of the sort having run quants strategies for more than a decade.
With RDR in mind, the smart money is on the low-cost passive world taking a greater chunk of retail business, but the emergence of so-called smart beta funds could muddy the waters.
Close Asset Management has launched two new styles of fund that sit within its Discretionary Funds range.
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