Passive Investing
Investment | 4 May 18
Risks loom if passives dominate
The asset management industry is split on the market implications if passives continue to rake in inflows, while investors lose faith in active management.
Fidelity steps up passives price war
Fidelity International has stepped up the passives price war with the launch of six low cost cross-border equity index funds and the reduction of pricing on three existing UK-domiciled index funds.
Emerging Markets | 22 Mar 18
How to navigate the passives surge in EM equities
As cumulative flows into emerging market passive funds surpass active alternatives investors should seek opportunities further down the market-cap scale, Aviva Investors head of emerging markets and Asia Pacific Will Ballard argues.
‘Free-riding’ passive investors under central bank scrutiny
Passive investors pay scant regard to the fundamentals of individual securities and free-ride on the work of active investors with implications for financial stability, price discovery and index correlation, according to a paper from the Bank of International Settlements.
Blackrock: Active vs passive should be a thing of the past
The active versus passive debate could be history by 2025, according to Blackrock’s Joe Parkin.