Passive investing amid tempestuous markets

As the debate between passive vs active investing continues to divide opinion, a fine balance exists between the two, wherein it is possible to get a passive underlay with an active overlay. In such precarious times, balance is everything

It is time to move the traditional passive versus active debate on. The huge growth in the number of trackers and ETFs in the past couple of years has changed the investment world dramatically. Investors need no longer be either passive or active – increasingly they are both. The real question investors are asking is how active they should be, or how passive? At the root of the traditional active vs passive debate was the issue of value. That remains unchanged. Most investors need at least some help in building and managing an investment portfolio and they will incur fees for that hel...