Is the 'passive versus active' argument flawedBY GRANT PEARSON | VOLUME 15, ISSUE 4The managed fund comparison is often accepted at face value but is it valid? In the world of investing, the 'passive versus active' debate has raged for years. The prevailing ... Get articles like this delivered to your email - Sign up for the free weekly newsletter ![]() More Articles |
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Climbing to the top
DANIEL SHRIMSKI
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
Vanguard Australia managing director Daniel Shrimski is determined to propel the investment giant's superannuation product into the top 10 funds by assets under management by 2030. It's an audacious goal, even for a fund backed by the world's second largest asset manager. Andrew McKean writes.
We use a base of low cost passive and then try to add extra return by some active on top ... because I think many recognise active can outperform ... the thing is to pick 'the winner' for clients is hard. It is not that there is a belief that active underperforms passive, it is more than predicting the future of which active manager with which style will 'win' is the problem . The crystal ball is not working and after 14 years of mostly bull run clients have forgotten about negative returns ;) generally forgave COVID as an anomaly period, but are not tolerant of negatives outside of 'market average', I find.