A second chance for active management

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Laura Blows explores what caused the move away from active management, the role it can play within pension fund investment and how adding alpha can turn its reputation around

Pension funds have turned to low risk, low return investment strategies, as many got their fingers burnt in the recent financial crisis. The result of this derisking has been an exodus from the act...

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