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The five things to consider when buying a tracker fund

Over the next three years, we expect 95% of British advisers to raise their exposure to passive funds. This rise will come at the expense of actively managed funds where lacklustre performance means they can no longer justify the higher level of fees. As more advisers turn their focus to passive funds, it needs to be noted not all tracker funds are the same. There is much more to an index tracker fund than simply tracking a particular index. The various charges, the way they replicate different indices and a host of other different factors vary among the index-tracking funds on the marke...