Performance Evaluation of Active Managers: An Overview of Current Practice

Investments & Wealth Monitor, January/February 2011

8 Pages Posted: 27 Oct 2010 Last revised: 22 Nov 2011

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Jason C. Hsu

Research Affiliates; Rayliant Global Advisors; University of California, Los Angeles - Anderson School of Business

Vitali Kalesnik

Research Affiliates Global Advisors

Russ Wermers

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Date Written: October 21, 2010

Abstract

Historically, manager skill has been measured simply as the difference in average returns between the portfolio and the benchmark index. Managers were considered skillful if their active weights against the benchmark led to outperformance. However, a manager tilting toward a certain risk-factor, relative to his benchmark, could appear to be skilled at stock picking or market timing. In response; with the advent of more advanced attribution technologies, the definition of manager alpha has become far more sophisticated and precise.

Keywords: Performance, Evaluation

JEL Classification: G10, G20

Suggested Citation

Hsu, Jason C. and Hsu, Jason C. and Kalesnik, Vitali and Wermers, Russell R., Performance Evaluation of Active Managers: An Overview of Current Practice (October 21, 2010). Investments & Wealth Monitor, January/February 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1698164

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