Have passives become passé?
Is recent slowdown in demand for tracker funds part of the usual ebb and flow or does it signal a more permanent shift?
Vanguard
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Vanguard adds two more funds to ESG ETF range
Over a year after launching any new green passive products for UK investors
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Vanguard Lifestrategy funds rake in £1.9bn despite shakier performance
Static allocations to long-dated government bonds have hampered returns
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Aviva and Vanguard make MPS drive following red hot demand
46% of UK wealth managers plan on using model portfolios more extensively over the next two years, according to Cerulli
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Vanguard Europe head of investment strategy Peter Westaway retires
Bank of England alum will leave the £6.2trn passives giant at the end of the month
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Baillie Gifford endures third month of redemptions as investors pull £1.2bn
While Vanguard suffers ‘rare net outflow’
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Investors deem Vanguard best value while Baillie Gifford falls out of favour
Brands with ‘singular focus on asset management’ like Fundsmith and Lindsell Train more vulnerable to shifts in sentiment
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Vanguard to hire dozens more staff for UK personal finance unit
As the asset manager aims to close the advice gap in Britain
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Vanguard launches sustainable range but fails to match lowest-cost competitor
Vanguard Sustainablelife aims to build on the success of the similarly named Vanguard Lifestrategy range
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Vanguard scores own goal as report finds carbon-heavy holdings and $3trn climate risk
Think tank Universal Owner claims asset manager is doing harm to the market on which it depends
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Vanguard’s charitable arm donated £130k to ‘hate group’
As defined by the Southern Poverty Law Centre, while the UK’s Hope Not Hate has similar views
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Blackrock unveils income fund for MyMap range as assets inch toward £700m
Becomes the sixth fund in multi-asset indexing suite