Active or passive management ‘is not an either/or question’

Monday 27th September 2010, 2:30PM BST.

The panel at the CISI seminar, from the left, David Bower, Tim Mitchell and David McGillveray. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 1031939)

THERE is room for both active and passive strategies in fund management, according to the head of the Guernsey branch of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.

Members attended a seminar at the OGH for a debate on the merits of different management strategies and three industry experts gave presentations.

‘I think the conclusions are that this is not an either/or sort of question, clearly there is a role for both,’ said president of CISI Guernsey branch Justin Oliver.

David McGillveray of M&G spoke about whether active management should always have a role to play in fund management.