Active funds beat passive 'marginally' in recent sell-off: iFast
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THE performance data of various stock markets over the past three months suggest that the passive indexing strategy has on average performed "marginally worse" than actively managed funds in the recent sell-off, says iFast Corp senior unit trust analyst Shawn Teow.
Over the last month, the SPDR Straits Times Index ETF was the worst performer, by total returns, when compared against a peer group of 11 unique Singapore equity active strategies.
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