UK investors shun high-fee active funds despite strong performance, ISS analysis shows

By Public Technologies
  • U.K. investors increasingly resist paying premiums for active funds, regardless of performance, according to analysis published Oct. 22, 2026.
  • Investors withdrew £1.9 billion from top-performance-quartile funds with highest-quartile fees in the three years to July 2026.
  • Over the same period, active funds in the cheapest fee quartile and top performance quartile attracted £14.1 billion.


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