Five things your clients will call you about this week

Underperforming funds Barely a week seems to go past without a look at underperforming funds, and this time it was the Sunday Herald which sounded the latest alert. Using research from AWD Chase de Vere, it explained how the average investment fund has seriously under-performed its market index over the past 10 years, despite the far higher costs of active funds over trackers. For example, the UK index was up 62% while the average fund was only up 50%. Investing in China There was plenty of talk about the prospects of investing in China this weekend, so the Guardian provided a neat g...