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Actively managed funds – our experience works for you

Actively managed funds are run by a fund manager who, backed by expert research teams, buys and sells stocks on behalf of the fund’s investors in order to achieve the investment objective.

M&G’s fund managers are highly skilled specialists who don’t simply follow the latest investment fashions. Instead, they each have their own individual and rigorous approach, based on what is best for your investment over the long term.

Currently M&G fund managers look after over 390,000 investors and almost £160 billion funds under management*, making M&G one of the largest active investors in the UK. In addition, we have some of the City’s most highly rated fund managers.

Tracker funds – a straightforward, low cost investment

Tracker funds are not actively managed by a fund manager. This means that:

The charges are much lower;
More of your money can be invested because the charges are lower;
Your returns track those of the market as a whole; and
Your returns may not be as high as that of an actively managed fund that seeks to outperform the market.

Index tracker funds have grown in popularity recently. These reflect the performance of a particular stock market index. When the tracked index rises, the value of your investment automatically increases with it.

*As at 30 June 2008

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