Passives tsunami, peak short-termism and AI: How life as a fund selector has changed over the last three years

Responses from Fund Managers' Playbook

As part of our new Fund Marketers' Playbook, we asked senior fund selectors how their job role has evolved over the past few years.

Five key topics emerged from their answers including the impact of pressure on fees, technology and data, ESG, the rise of passive investing, and increasing short-termism, with a unifying theme running throughout many responses regarding the challenge of demonstrating the value of what a top fund selector does for clients. Pressure on fees Pressure on fees was the first response for many of our interviewees; "that's the big one", said one. Another added "certainly the clamour has increased", going on to explain "we're still finding good opportunities within what is an ever-tightening f...