The popular choice

Index tracking is a simple, cost-effective fund management strategy, but has its popularity already peaked? Ruth Emery looks at the services companies are offering this year and how they have evolved

Great future or does the buck stop here?

In the first PM survey on enhanced indexation, five providers describe what is happening with the market and where it is headed. While some claim client demand has grown to such a degree that they have had to close some funds because they have hit capacity ceilings, other experts cast doubt on whether such high demand really exists – or if it’s just another market myth, reports Ruth Emery

A vital strategy tool

Despite being seen as the poor cousin to headline-grabbing active management returns and its potential alpha generation, index tracking still has a vital role to play in any fund’s overall strategy, says Gregor Watt

Passive approach is working

The difficulty of finding good active managers and the higher cost of any active manager means that there will always be a market for index trackers, says Katie Hope

Reaching saturation point

The shift from passive to active management during the recent bear market, has seen the growth of index tracking gradually decline to the point where it has now ground to a halt, says Katie Hope