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Risk-Adjusted SPIVA® Scorecard: The Evaluation of Active Managers’ Performance Through a Risk Lens
Evaluating active managers’ performance through a risk lens is rooted in modern portfolio theory (MPT), which states that the expectation of returns must be accompanied by risk—the variation (or volatility) around the expected return. MPT assumes that higher risk should be compensated, on average, by higher returns. Institutional investors tend to be interested in risk-adjusted…
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2013: A year in SPIVA Perspective (Part I)
2013 was the blockbuster year for equity as the domestic equity markets posted double-digits returns. In a year marked by record breaking gains, it is particularly important to measure the relative performance of active funds versus the indices as bull markets often present challenging conditions for active managers to overcome. The 2013 year-end SPIVA report…
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ETFs and William Shakespeare in 2014
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” Juliet says to Romeo when trying to illustrate it is the essence of a something which is important, not what it’s called. If Shakespeare were alive today, and Juliet were an investor, would he have her say the same things about an ETF? Would she…
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