Now that we’ve looked at the major factors and the evidence behind them, the obvious question becomes why do these factors exist in the first

Traditional active management has been receiving increasingly tough press thanks to its high costs and apparent failure to outperform index tracking funds over the long

The common wisdom in the investment industry is that whilst passive investing may work for equities, fixed income is a completely different ball game. Various

Real estate is often overlooked in the active/passive debate, with most of the focus having fallen on equities and bonds. Real estate hasn’t been explored

The conventional logic is that emerging markets are so rife with pricing inefficiencies (due to fewer analysts and active managers) that active management should be

“NOW SHOW JAPAN” is commonly shouted (over the internet) by people looking to debunk an investment strategy. Japan is notorious for being the exception to

The outperformance of passive funds continues in Europe, with the majority of active funds underperforming their benchmarks over the last 10 years according to both

Contrary to the popular belief that active strategies perform better in supposedly less efficient markets, such as the UK, 75% of large cap domestic UK

The US has always been seen as a region where passives do well. The conventional thinking is that there are thousands of analysts and investment

As we saw in my last post, investing in a 100% passive strategy using 100% passive vehicles would involve investing in every asset class in

It’s hard to find somebody with an interest in investments who hasn’t been bombarded from all sides with information on the active vs passive debate.