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Active funds break records in 2025, both good and bad

It has been a pretty good year so far for active fund managers in 2025, according to AJ Bell's latest Manager versus Machine report, which analyses more than 1,000 funds across seven key equity sectors. The report shows that 42% of...

31 July 2025
How Nutshell Growth is carving its own high-quality equities path

To ordinary investors, it might seem like almost every investment fund under the sun is focused on high-quality companies and stocks. A long track record of superior returns, check. Deep moats and competitive advantages, check. A...

19 June 2025
How one fund manager looks to find the next generation of US market stars

US-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and passive strategies have grown in popularity over the past decade, but this trend has created concentration risk since so many investors are now crowded in US stocks and the mega-cap tech...

13 March 2025
Why 2022 has been a year for active managers to forget

In a year when markets have fallen and long-standing trends have gone into reverse, you might have expected active fund managers to have a field day compared to passive funds which blindly track the index.But you'd be wrong. Just...

22 December 2022
How to ensure your dividends from property funds are reinvested

For investors who want to compound the high yields available on some property funds and trusts by reinvesting their dividends, there are a few differences between the two asset classes which they need to consider before starting...

22 September 2022
The funds that yield more than twice the best-buy cash savings account

American business magnate John Rockefeller famously remarked: 'Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.'While you can now get more than 3% interest on a fixed-rate cash savings account,...

18 August 2022
Do active managers really justify their extra costs?

In a year when markets have been falling and long-standing trends have gone into reverse, you might have expected active fund managers to perform better than the passive funds that simply track an index.But AJ Bell's latest Manager...

04 August 2022
Want a global tracker fund but not sure how they differ? Read this

Thousands of investors are looking for easy options to get exposure to stocks around the world. One route is to buy a tracker fund or an exchange-traded fund that mirrors the performance of a global index.Two of the most popular...

14 July 2022
Rathbone Global won't change approach despite end of winning streak

Many growth funds are facing the same problem. What do they do when their investing style is out of favour after a long period of being successful?In this scenario investors should be most concerned when a fund manager changes...

07 July 2022
How equity income funds have come back into fashion in tricky markets

The market is a pretty grisly place to be right now, as high inflation, rising interest rates, and economic pessimism have taken their toll on sentiment. One area that's been doing better than most though, is equity income funds,...

26 May 2022
Not everything is having a bad time. One fund is up nearly 18% this year

Barry Norris, founder of Argonaut Capital and manager of the long-short VT Argonaut Absolute Return Fund (B7FT1K7), takes no prisoners with his investment style, an approach which reflects his interest in military history and...

12 May 2022
Fund risk scores are not very helpful to investors

Risks hide in different places, in politics economics and elsewhere. Investing by its very nature is risky, as investments can be affected by shocks to the financial system, such as the financial crisis of 2008 or more recently the...

21 April 2022
Revealed: the UK equity income funds which have topped the charts

Finding reliable dividend income in the UK equity market remains tricky despite the resumption of dividends by companies emerging from the pandemic and repairing their balance sheets.In this feature Shares puts the spotlight on...

17 February 2022
Funds which go global for income

Despite the Bank of England's historic decision to make back to-back interest rate rises, interest rates could still lag inflation for the medium to long term.This presents investors looking for income with a challenge. Returns...

10 February 2022
The best performing emerging markets funds

Investors may be wary of putting fresh money to work within the emerging market region given its recent poor showing.The performance of the benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets index on a one-year basis is -6.2%. Nonetheless from a...

27 January 2022
The best performing European small cap funds

Investing in smaller companies often involves greater risk and volatility with the promise of higher rewards, and this perhaps explains why there is a significant disparity between the winners and losers in the European small cap...

20 January 2022

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