Partner Insight: When passive is active – the rise of 'passive plus' managed portfolios

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Graeme Bowden, Regional Sales Manager, Brewin Dolphin
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Graeme Bowden, Regional Sales Manager, Brewin Dolphin

For financial advisers, the choice between active and passive investment strategies is no longer binary. Managed portfolio services are increasingly targeting index-tracking funds in an active and dynamic manner, as RBC Brewin Dolphin's David Hood, Head of Central Investment Solutions and Graeme Bowden, Regional Sales Manager, explain.

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