The multi-manager structure as we know it today - free of capital gains tax (CGT) for the buying and selling of funds within the wrapper and free of VAT - is 50 years old next year.
It would be fair to say the industry has been very successful at creating products that are good at accumulating wealth for clients.
Critics of active investing had a field day recently when the FCA announced a group of investors were getting £34m in 'compensation' from so-called closet tracker funds.