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Passive eclipses active in US fund market as assets swell to $13.3tn

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Passively managed US mutual funds and exchange traded funds have for the first time amassed more money than their actively managed counterparts, thanks in large part to years of strong inflows into the increasingly popular ETF wrapper.

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