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They are also exposed to less active risk (the risk associated with not performing in line with the index), however, they do remain exposed to the same overall risks as the market.
In general, passive funds are more readily understood by investors who know what they are going to get and can judge the progress of their investment more easily. This means lighter touch monitoring and maintenance is required.
PERFORMANCE
Square Mile has recently conducted some analysis on whether active funds in general have outperformed or underperformed their passive counterparts for several different sectors. As you can see from the chart below, over rolling three year periods the average active UK equity fund has outperformed the average passive fund which tracks the FTSE All Share, while the average active UK equity fund was even able to outperform its benchmark.
‘THE AVERAGE ACTIVE UK EQUITY FUND HAS OUTPERFORMED THE AVERAGE PASSIVE FUND WHICH TRACKS THE’ FTSE ALL SHARE’
We have also discovered that in the Sterling Corporate Bond, North American and Sterling UK Gilt Sectors on average passive funds have outperformed active funds while in the Global and UK All Companies sector active funds have outperformed passive funds.
This reaffirms our belief that the decision to go active or passive is not binary. For most investors, the choice is usually not one or the other, but a bit of both.
Source: FE Analytics
View the full active & passive report by visiting
www.squaremileresearch.com/Insights/entryid/383/
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This presentation shall not constitute or be deemed to constitute an invitation or inducement to any person to engage in investment activity. Should you undertake any investment activity based on information contained herein, you do so entirely at your own risk and SM shall have no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage, costs or expenses incurred or suffered by you as a result. SM does not accept any responsibility for errors, inaccuracies, omissions or any inconsistencies herein. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
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