What is the Active Edge?
Markets are more complex and unpredictable than ever. Global equity indices are increasingly concentrated, asset class relationships are in flux, and rising debt, inflation and interest rates are creating new systemic risks. Meanwhile, traditional buy-and-hold strategies and static allocation models can leave you exposed to these shifts.
In today's market, you need portfolios that can navigate change, manage risk, and capture opportunity, wherever it emerges. That's what the Active Edge delivers: agile, resilient strategies that evolve with market conditions and your changing needs, helping to give you the edge to stay ahead in any environment.
Active
For more than 200 years, clients have trusted us to help them achieve better investment outcomes. This legacy shapes our perspective - but our focus is firmly on the future.
Our commitment to innovation and independent thinking empowers an active approach designed to work directly for you. Selectivity helps you avoid concentration traps. Flexibility enables you to pivot when correlations shift. Foresight positions you ahead of systemic risks. This is how we pursue resilient returns while managing the risks other approaches may miss.
Edge
When markets disproportionally reward the biggest names, we can help you find value in overlooked areas. When traditional diversification fails, our active approach can help you maintain true portfolio resilience.
You'll benefit from teams that think differently, that constantly anticipate change and adapt their approach. We can help you navigate complexity with confidence by drawing on global insights and specialised knowledge. Our original research, leveraging cutting-edge proprietary tools, can uncover opportunities for you that others don't see. That's how you keep your edge - whatever comes next.
Why having the Active Edge is important: what our clients think
Source: Schroders Global Investor Insights Survey 2025
75%
are confident that active management can deliver value in the new investment landscape
9 out of 10
believe that either an active strategy or a mix of active and passive will provide the best returns
94%
are concerned about concentration risk in their equity portfolios
Discover today's active opportunities
Solutions to help you achieve better investment outcomes, from investment trusts to LTAFs.
See things differently
Our CIOs discuss how change demands a heightened perspective.
"At Schroders, we're unashamedly active. We're now in a world where changing economic and geopolitical events are creating perpetual uncertainty. But within all that lies great opportunity for our clients."
Group CEO of Schroders