The Performance, Asset Allocation, and Investment Style of International Equity Managers.
This paper evaluates the performance of 114 international equity managers over the January 1988-December 1997 period. Performance tests are conducted using Sharpe (1966) and Jensen (1968) performance methodologies. The managers are divided into mutual fund (n = 54) and separately managed fund (n = 60) investment management categories. Each management category is further divided by foreign and world (global) investment objectives. Three major findings are reported. First, international equity managers, on average, were unable to outperform the MSCI World market proxy during the sample period. However, world managers did perform better than their foreign counterparts. Second, geographic asset allocation and equity style allocation decisions enhanced the performance of international managers during the sample period. Third, separately managed funds outperformed mutual funds during the period studied when mutual fund returns are measured net of management fees. The apparent managed performance advantage abates, however, when mutual fund returns are adjusted to include management fees. Thus, we find no significant difference in the performance of the management categories when returns are measured gross of fees. Copyright 2001 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
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2001
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Authors: | Bhargava, Rahul ; Gallo, John G ; Swanson, Peggy E |
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Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. - Springer. - Vol. 17.2001, 4, p. 377-95
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