Whitechurch's Haynes: Industry pressure on fees pushing us to passive products

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Tom Eckett
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Gavin Haynes, managing director at Whitechurch Securities, has been increasing the allocation of passive products across the firm's discretionary fund management (DFM) proposition over the past few years as a result of the widening "gulf" in costs between active and passive vehicles.

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