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The fallacy behind the rise of passive fund managementUltra-low charges created an industry that hitched a lucrative free ride on the backs of stock pickersVanguard and the US financial system: too big to be healthy? The fund manager has grown so dramatically that it raises questions about its influence on corporate AmericaBlackRock needs to deliver on climate pledgesThe world’s largest asset manager promises to reshape finance 2020s will not be kind to active fund managersFocus on giving clients what they want will sort investment industry winners from losersIt’s a strange new world where tech stocks are safe havensInvestors are drawn to Fangs’ rich balance sheets and deep liquidity in the marketHigh-yield bonds: cut and dried Premium contentDry January may mean virtually no yieldMore from this SeriesLetter: Eventual bear market will prompt a rush from ETFsFrom Dr Walter Grant Scott, Scott Investment Partners, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, UKLetter: Don’t fool yourself that trackers are less riskyFrom John Holder, Betchworth, Surrey, UK
