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Morningstar View: The smart beta conundrum

Second, if the active manager’s returns are mostly the result of a combination of passive factor tilts, then there is little justification for commanding high fees.

With that in mind, active managers are set to face ever-increasing pressures to demonstrate their merit.

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Hortense Bioy is director of passive fund research, Europe, at Morningstar