Closing Out 2026: Revisiting Your Active/Passive Mix
For advisors weighing active and passive ETF exposures, the discussion offers a manager’s view on portfolio construction, manager selection and tax efficiency. It also gives context on how one asset manager describes its advisor-facing consulting and service model.
Summary
By the etfs deskETF.com’s Sumit Roy speaks with Brad Feeley of Manulife John Hancock Investments about where active ETFs fit in a portfolio and where passive approaches may make more sense. The conversation covers the firm’s Investment Consulting Group, its manager-of-managers approach, and tax efficiency ahead of capital gains season. It also addresses how the firm puts financial advisors at the center of its business.
- The conversation examines where active ETFs belong in a portfolio and where passive makes more sense.
- Brad Feeley describes Manulife John Hancock Investments’ Investment Consulting Group and manager-of-managers approach.
- Tax efficiency is discussed as a priority as capital gains season approaches.
- The firm says it puts financial advisors at the center of its business.
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