Godfrey: We must do more to explain merits of active management

Michael Klimes
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The pensions and investment industry needs to be much more explicit about the objectives of active management, according to former Investment Association (IA) head Daniel Godfrey.

During a panel discussion at a Transparency Task Force (TTF) seminar on 11 October, he argued while there is a role for active management, the industry does not do an adequate job of conveying to i...

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