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Active fund vs ETF in 2022: Who is the winner?

For the full year 2022, 36% of active managers outperformed passive management. This figure masks a contrasting situation throughout the year. In the first half of the year, in a context of geopolitical crisis and an uncertain economic environment, few active managers managed to outperform passive management, on average 36% over the first two quarters.  In the second half of the year, in the wake of the Fed's policy change and the rebound in the market, there was a significant improvement in the performance of active management as shown in the graph below with an average of 51% of active managers outperforming passive management over the two quarters.

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Other BSD INVESTING Expert Voice
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In this Expert Voice, Marlène Hassine Konqui talks about the mission of BSD Investing, an independent firm devoted to research and portfolio construction. She explains why the active/passive decision is often so difficult to make. And she describes the innovative firm’s areas of research and tools, which will enable investors to make a fair and efficient selection between active and passive.

Other BSD INVESTING Parole d'Expert
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Dans cette parole d’expert, Marlène Hassine Konqui explique la mission de la société BSD Investing, une société indépendante dédiée à la recherche et à la construction de portefeuille. Elle souligne pourquoi la décision d’investir dans des fonds actifs et/ou passifs est souvent difficile à prendre et décrit les domaines de recherche et outils innovants de son entreprise qui permettent aux investisseurs de faire une sélection efficiente entre les fonds.