Active and passive investing - cost versus value?

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Join the Professional Adviser Debate ... The so-called ‘active versus passive' debate - so beloved of certain elements of the media - has echoes of the arguments currently raging through homes, offices and pubs throughout the country over the UK's continuing membership of the European Union. No, really - bear with us ...

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