Passive investing: what is it and how does it work?

Vanguard funds – Britain’s cheapest index trackers – have arrived on Hargreaves Lansdown amid much uproar about the broker’s platform fees.

BlackRock index trackers have been identified as a cheap way of buying passive funds on Hargreaves Lansdown but things soon get messy.

Hargreaves Lansdown may charge a switching fee if you want to transfer your funds. Here’s our latest information on what it will cost you.

Hargreaves Lansdown are sticking passive investors with a new charge on index funds. Find out what it means and how you can take evasive action.

We reach the end of our mini-series with another win for index funds as the superior vehicle for passive investors. Read on and make your own mind up!

Our battle of the trackers reaches its fifth installment, as ETFs and index funds go head-to-head in a fight for control!

There’s a far greater choice when it comes to ETFs, compared to their positively lookalike-y index fund brothers. But choice isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be…

Our series on choosing between index funds and ETFs turns to tracking error. Is either vehicle a champ at hugging the index?

In part two of our series comparing index funds and ETFs, we explain why index funds trump ETFs when it comes to costs.

Should a passive investor plump for ETFs or index funds? The first factor to consider is which is the simplest option.

A quick ‘n’ easy technique that lifestyles Vanguard’s LifeStrategy funds so you are not exposed to excess risk on the glide path to retirement.

Vanguard index funds are now within reach of drip-feeding small investors thanks to new investing platform options.

Our model passive portfolio gets caught up in the global equities blood-letting – there’s no hiding place.

Introducing our new passive investing headquarters here on Monevator. Get your fix of indexing info all in one place!

How Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) and tracker certificates expose passive investors to risks they don’t need to take.