active managed funds

Dangers of positive feedback loop

Surveyed over 2,000 funds

Active and passive: The benefit of a complementary approach

The secrets behind successful fund selection

Are active funds still worth the effort?

Almost 90% of active UK equity fund managers beat the benchmark index last year, far outstripping the performance of other active managers, an S&P Indices report has found.

The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) has resulted in a small number of gatekeepers at financial adviser firms, investment platforms, discretionary and wealth managers steering more money into fewer, bigger funds, research has suggested.

The reversal of fortunes for the IMA UK All Companies sector this year has again raised the question of whether investors' buying patterns are leaving them exposed to market corrections.

Monkeys vs fund managers revisited (or the trouble with market cap weighted indices)

Fund groups are set to come under fresh pricing pressure ahead of the ‘death' of AMCs, JP Morgan Asset Management's Jasper Berens has said.