Blue Whale's Yiu on the biggest issues facing the industry

Not competing with passives

Tom Eckett
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Stephen Yiu, chief investment officer and lead manager of the newly launched £49m Growth fund at Blue Whale Capital, has said closet trackers are his biggest industry concern as they continue to give active management a bad reputation.

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