active funds

Gold, Europe, property and renewables dominate active fund returns in H1

Funds

Gold, Europe, property and renewables dominate active fund returns in H1

Study on purely active mandates

clock 02 July 2025 • 3 min read
Less than a fifth of European active equity funds beat passive peers over a decade

Bonds

Less than a fifth of European active equity funds beat passive peers over a decade

Morningstar Active/Passive Barometer

clock 14 March 2024 • 3 min read
Investors pulled £38.1bn from active funds in 2023 as cost of living pressure bites

Bonds

Investors pulled £38.1bn from active funds in 2023 as cost of living pressure bites

Continued pivot to trackers

clock 07 March 2024 • 2 min read
Most active equity funds fail to outperform their benchmarks in 2023

Equities

Most active equity funds fail to outperform their benchmarks in 2023

LSEG Lipper research

clock 09 January 2024 • 3 min read
Less than 40% of active equity managers beat average passive alternative in 2023

ETFs

Less than 40% of active equity managers beat average passive alternative in 2023

AJ Bell Manager versus Machine report

clock 14 December 2023 • 2 min read
Quilter Cheviot research: 6% of UK active funds outperformed in each of last five years

Funds

Quilter Cheviot research: 6% of UK active funds outperformed in each of last five years

Investors urged to stay calm through weaker periods

clock 16 December 2021 • 2 min read

Multi-asset

Schroders launches £4bn UK Investment Solutions business

Alex Funk to become CIO

clock 07 April 2021 • 4 min read

ESG

Calastone: ESG accounts for 84% of all equity investments since 2019

Growing shift from active to passive funds

clock 17 March 2021 • 2 min read

Funds

Active funds outperformed passives in H2 2020 - Bowmore

Greater exposure to value helped

clock 08 February 2021 • 1 min read

Funds

Active funds attract second highest inflows on record in December

Active funds sales hit £5.2bn

clock 04 February 2021 • 2 min read
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