ACTIVE MANAGERS News & Analysis

Fund managers often get bashed for failing to beat their index over long periods of time. This might be a key indicator of the returns investors can...

A reader asked what is behind the poor performance of Platinum and Perpetual shares in recent years. Shaun Ler stepped in to answer.

Innovation in the financial services industry is providing us with more choice...but at what cost?

Over decades, relatively few companies generate all the stockmarket's outperformance. Is this an argument for passive investing or does it prove...

Long-term trends and low costs can help investors decide between active and passive funds.

Famed investor David Einhorn says passive investing has broken markets and it's forced him to change his investment style to stay in business. How...

Now what?

When looking at long-term equity index charts, it’s easy to forget the individual stocks underpinning the indices don’t move as a unified block. This...

Morningstar’s inaugural report comparing active and passive funds in Australia has uncovered where funds prove their worth to investors.

Deciding whether to use an active or passive vehicle for the different allocations within an investment portfolio is an important decision that...