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Active fund managers are beginning to embrace the idea of technology-inspired thematic funds. David C Stevenson reports.

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A few weeks ago I wrote about thematic funds being the "hot new thing" in the world of exchange-traded funds. But until recently, if you were looking for something similar from an active fund manager, there wasn't a lot of choice. Now, after something of a delay, active fund managers are beginning to embrace the idea of technology-inspired thematic funds.

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David C. Stevenson
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David Stevenson has been writing the Financial Times Adventurous Investor column for nearly 15 years and is also a regular columnist for Citywire. He writes his own widely read Adventurous Investor SubStack newsletter at davidstevenson.substack.com

David has also had a successful career as a media entrepreneur setting up the big European fintech news and event outfit www.altfi.com as well as www.etfstream.com in the asset management space. 

Before that, he was a founding partner in the Rocket Science Group, a successful corporate comms business. 

David has also written a number of books on investing, funds, ETFs, and stock picking and is currently a non-executive director on a number of stockmarket-listed funds including Gresham House Energy Storage and the Aurora Investment Trust. 

In what remains of his spare time he is a presiding justice on the Southampton magistrates bench.