Time for active managers to prove themselves as volatility returns

Challenging times as QE era comes to an end

Tom Eckett
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Quantitative easing has been a challenging aspect of the market for active managers over the past decade as the flood of central bank money lifted stock prices and supressed volatility leading to underperformance, greater risk taking and huge flows into passive products.

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