Active vs passive: the next generation

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Nizam Hamid, head of sales strategy at iShares, discusses research that proves the difficulty of consistent outperformance in active management and the benefits of blending active and passive funds

Ever since the first index strategy was developed in the US in 1971, there has been a debate about whether investors should being using active or passive funds to access markets and deliver returns. Discussions around this topic have only intensified with the explosive growth of the exchange traded fund (ETF) industry in the past few years. ETFs are fast becoming one of the most popular products on the European investment landscape. April 2009 marked the ninth anniversary of the launch of the first ETFs in Europe and since 2005, ETF assets under management in the region have grown from ju...

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