Active Investing
Vanguard launches fresh attack in price war
Vanguard has launched a new offensive against competitors in the ongoing fund price war with the introduction of its first actively-managed bond fund in the UK.
Best Practice | 31 Aug 17
UK advisers relying on model portfolios
More than three quarters of advisers in the UK use model portfolios according to new research which shines a light on the growing shift towards structured investment offerings.
Investment | 24 Aug 17
End the fixed fee ‘gravy train’, says Morningstar’s Ptak
The time has come to offer investors a fairer deal and drop the fixed fees set by funds and replace them with performance-based charging, Morningstar’s head of global manager research Jeffrey Ptak has said.
Emerging Markets | 23 Aug 17
Strong EM passive fund inflows pressure active fees
As passive products increase their market share among emerging market funds, active fund managers must outperform to justify their fees, argues a report by Cerulli Associates.
Analysis: What has inspired the active fund renaissance?
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.