Get ahead with daily markets updates.Join the FT's WhatsApp channel‘Special situations’ funds hit by retreat from active investing While managers enjoy greater flexibility, investors are deterred by the lack of a clear remitInvestors weigh if meetings or selling out most influences green goalsActive fund managers often claim the moral high ground, but investors are increasingly choosing passive rivalsActive ETFs gain ground on more passive benchmark trackersGlobal assets have tripled since 2018 as many consider they show greater promise than more traditional mutual fundsFixed income becomes even harder to navigateMarket participants are realising that the flat, low, predictable rates over the past 15 years were an anomalyRise of tech giants skews active fund portfoliosTop 10 stocks in the S&P 500 now comprise 37 per cent of index weightingAsset managers make existential dash into private assetsMany executives believe they are engaged in no less than a fight for survival
‘Special situations’ funds hit by retreat from active investing While managers enjoy greater flexibility, investors are deterred by the lack of a clear remitInvestors weigh if meetings or selling out most influences green goalsActive fund managers often claim the moral high ground, but investors are increasingly choosing passive rivalsActive ETFs gain ground on more passive benchmark trackersGlobal assets have tripled since 2018 as many consider they show greater promise than more traditional mutual fundsFixed income becomes even harder to navigateMarket participants are realising that the flat, low, predictable rates over the past 15 years were an anomalyRise of tech giants skews active fund portfoliosTop 10 stocks in the S&P 500 now comprise 37 per cent of index weightingAsset managers make existential dash into private assetsMany executives believe they are engaged in no less than a fight for survival
