Investors increasingly shunning active mutual funds for ETFs

Low costs more appealing, survey reports

Pedro Gonçalves
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ETFs are attracting more supporters as 57% of investors said they have replaced an active mutual fund with an ETF, a 39% increase from 2020, according to a survey by TrackInsight.

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