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ACTIVE MANAGED FEATURE

Active evolution

Investment Week | 11 Mar 2011

Maria Merricks investigates the introduction of low-cost actively managed funds.

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Is it the end for active fund management?

The RDR seems to have fired the starting pistol on the race for passive – new ETFs are launched almost daily.

Investment Week | 01 Oct 2010

Passive vs active debate comes full circle

Cost and value were the central factors in the active or passive debate 15 years ago and it is much the same today, the major difference being that funds find themselves in competition with their own peers rather than each other

Investment Week | 29 Jan 2010

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IMA active managers cash in on rally

Majority of 122 funds within active managed sector are claiming a positive total return over the past year following a six month rebound

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