Fund buyers cut US passive exposure after beta run

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Fund buyers are selling their US passive holdings and buying into high conviction stockpickers as correlations in the market subside from historic highs.

Active US equity fund managers have suffered a torrid time over the past three years, largely failing to keep up with a quantitative easing-fuelled rally in US equities. The S&P 500 has returned 49.7% in the three years to 2 December, according to Morningstar, while the average active fund in the IMA North America sector returned just 39.8% over the same period. However, over one year the sector is broadly in line with the S&P 500, and buyers - who have long favoured passive funds for their US exposure - are now backing active funds to pull ahead once the US Federal Reserve tapers its...

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