{"id":23122,"date":"2024-10-04T15:13:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T15:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-uk\/insights\/active-vs-passive-investing-pros-and-cons\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:28:00","slug":"active-vs-passive-investing-pros-and-cons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-uk\/insights\/active-vs-passive-investing-pros-and-cons","title":{"rendered":"Active vs passive investing: pros and cons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Investors have been debating the relative merits of active and passive investing for many years. While some appreciate passive funds\u2019 convenience and low cost, others favour active funds\u2019 potential to outperform the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbcwm-rbc-block rbc-block rbc-block-flush rbc-block-small\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"row \"><div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbcbd-download-banner rbc-card rbc-card-grey mb-2\"><div draggable=\"false\" class=\"rbc-card-wrap\"><div class=\"rbc-card-body\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center\"><div class=\"col-7 col-md-4 col-lg-2 mb-1 mb-md-0\"><a class=\"rbc-link-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-uk\/insights\/a-guide-to-tax-efficient-investing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/BDM2255_2304_A-guide-to-tax-efficient-investing.png\" alt=\"Top image for carousel\"\/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"col-md-8 col-lg-10\"><h3>A guide to tax-efficient investing<\/h3><div class=\"hr-mini my-1-half bdr-accent\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-intro\">Find out how to invest more tax efficiently and reach your goals in our comprehensive guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-uk\/insights\/a-guide-to-tax-efficient-investing\" data-type=\"post\" class=\"link-cta link-chev\">Download guide<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, we explain the differences between the two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-uk\/private-clients\/our-services\/investment-management\" class=\"link-underline\">investment styles<\/a>, and why combining the two enables us to maximise returns for clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-passive-investing\">Passive investing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The objective of passive investing is to track a specific index, commodity, or basket of assets. If a fund tracks the FTSE 100, for example, its goal will be to match the performance of that index. As well as tracking well-known indices, passive funds might target more specific countries, sectors, industries or sub-industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passive funds provide a convenient and inexpensive way of gaining exposure to assets that might be cumbersome and expensive to buy direct (such as gold) or logistically challenging to buy direct (imagine investing in every company in the S&amp;P 500!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passive funds may also prove useful when investing in an industry where the competitive environment is ever-changing. With cyber security, for example, the playing field moves with every new threat and resulting technology to combat it; it\u2019s very challenging to select a couple of winners. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The downside of passive investing is there is no intention to outperform the market. The fund\u2019s performance should match the index, whether it rises or falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-active-investing\">Active investing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Active managers aim to outperform a particular index (their \u2018benchmark\u2019) by using their knowledge and experience of markets and economics to seek out investment opportunities and take advantage of market inefficiencies. Active managers will hold stocks where they see opportunity for attractive returns, and omit holdings that they consider to be poor quality or expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Active managers look for opportunities where assets are mispriced. These opportunities are more likely to be in markets that are less well covered and less liquid, such as emerging markets and small cap stocks. At <a class=\"link-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-uk\/private-clients\/our-services\/investment-management\">RBC Brewin Dolphin<\/a>, we use active managers to gain exposure to such markets; their experience, knowledge and deep cultural understanding of their universes are of significant value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Changing market environments might also present mispricing opportunities. Active managers performed strongly in 2020 when Covid-19 brought about dramatic and swift changes in consumer behaviour. The \u2018stay at home\u2019 stocks boomed while leisure stocks languished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the biggest benefits of active management is that you can be the \u2018tortoise\u2019 rather than the \u2018hare\u2019 if you have the benefit of a <a class=\"link-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-uk\/insights\/why-long-term-investing-matters\">longer time horizon<\/a>. Warren Buffett and Terry Smith share our philosophy that companies with superior returns on investment, with the opportunities to reinvest those proceeds at attractive rates, will outperform over the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The downside of active investing is there is no guarantee that active funds will outperform their benchmark, particularly once the higher fees are taken into consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Active vs passive \u2013 key characteristics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-rbcwm-table\"><table class=\"table table-compact table-border-horizontal table-border-vertical table-primary\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>Active funds<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Passive funds<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Objective<\/strong><\/td><td>Outperform their benchmark<\/td><td>Track a specific index, commodity, or basket of assets<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Strategy<\/strong><\/td><td>Select assets that offer promising investment opportunities<\/td><td>Replicate the performance of the underlying index<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Pros<\/strong><\/td><td>Potential to capture mispricing opportunities and beat the market<\/td><td>Convenient and low-cost way of gaining exposure to certain assets\/industries<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cons<\/strong><\/td><td>Fees are typically higher and there is no guarantee of outperformance<\/td><td>No opportunity to outperform the market<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-best-of-both-worlds\">Best of both worlds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe that active and passive funds both have a role to play in a <a class=\"link-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-uk\/insights\/how-to-build-a-diversified-portfolio\">diversified investment portfolio<\/a>. Whenever possible, we invest in a core of individual equities that we believe will outperform our benchmark over the longer term, but will also access external active management capabilities in markets and strategies which are outside of our expertise. We use passive funds as a cost-effective way of achieving broader market participation, or more specific exposure on a short-term basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By utilising different assets that are available to us, we aim to steer portfolios through market cycles while capturing mispricing opportunities along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding where and how to invest your money isn\u2019t always easy \u2013 and that\u2019s where getting some financial advice can help. By getting to know you and what you want to achieve, a financial adviser can build a portfolio that suits your individual circumstances and works hard to grow your investments over the long term. 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