Active management edges out passive performance in Q1

Passive outperforms over five years

James Baxter-Derrington
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Active managers beat passive products over Q1 2020 by a slim majority (54%), but have trailed significantly over the past five years with just 32% of active managers outperforming, according to a recent study from Albermarle Street Partners.

Over the first three months of the year, active managers in sectors with "larger inefficiencies or the ability to move between different countries" performed best against their passive counterparts, with over 80% of IA Asia Pacific ex Japan and IA UK Smaller Companies managers outshining the ETF option. Active v Passive: Which strategy is better suited to ESG investing? At the other end of the scale, less than half of active managers were able to outperform passive products in IA UK All Companies, IA Japan, IA North America and IA Global Emerging Markets. Albermarle's Active Paybac...

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