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Active European equity funds cost 1.28 per cent a year against 0.22 for passive, a gap of 106 basis points
| Year | Active | Passive, not exchange traded | Exchange traded | Derived gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.28 per cent | 0.22 per cent | 0.21 per cent | 106 basis points |
| 2023 | 1.29 per cent | 0.22 per cent | 0.22 per cent | 107 basis points |
| 2022 | 1.31 per cent | 0.24 per cent | 0.23 per cent | 107 basis points |
Ongoing costs on a one year horizon, geometric mean, for European equity funds, from the supervisor's market report on the costs and performance of retail investment products published 3 March 2026. The sample covers fund assets of around 11.6 trillion euro, of which around 7.9 trillion was estimated to be held by retail investors in 2024, and 92 per cent of the market. The supervisor's own summary is that passive funds are on average about 60 to 80 per cent cheaper than active funds. No significance statistic is published with the cost figures.
The markets supervisor measures ongoing costs across 92 per cent of the European fund market. Active equity funds cost 1.28 per cent in 2024, passive non-exchange-traded funds 0.22 per cent and exchange traded funds 0.21 per cent.
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