http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/26/debunking-some-myths-about-active-management/ A finance blog about hedge funds, portable alpha and alternative investing. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:03:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/26/debunking-some-myths-about-active-management/comment-page-1/#comment-2531 All About Alpha » Blog Archives » ABN AMRO’s Asset Management Business: A moment of truth for Barclays Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:57:29 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/26/debunking-some-myths-about-active-management/#comment-2531 [...] Still, there’s no question about it, Barclays is “passive and quantitative”. Â  After all, BGI controls 60% of the US ETF market.  And BGI has published several well-read white papers poking holes in the way active management is sold to investors.  But even these articles acknowledge an important role for active management.  For example, in this paper BGI’s Barton Waring and The Ford Foundation’s Laurence Siegel say: “We strongly believe that in the presence of skill active management can be successful. But we also believe it can be sold on its own merits without artificial arguments.” [...] [...] Still, there’s no question about it, Barclays is “passive and quantitative”. Â  After all, BGI controls 60% of the US ETF market.  And BGI has published several well-read white papers poking holes in the way active management is sold to investors.  But even these articles acknowledge an important role for active management.  For example, in this paper BGI’s Barton Waring and The Ford Foundation’s Laurence Siegel say: “We strongly believe that in the presence of skill active management can be successful. But we also believe it can be sold on its own merits without artificial arguments.” [...]

]]> http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/26/debunking-some-myths-about-active-management/comment-page-1/#comment-135 All About Alpha » Blog Archives » Shark Attacks, Fast Food, Bad Drivers and No Place to Hide Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:58:16 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/26/debunking-some-myths-about-active-management/#comment-135 [...] Laurence Siegel, Director of Research in the Investment Division of the Ford Foundation was co-author of one of the most popular papers we’ve posted here at AllAboutAlpha.com. As an investor, Siegel is able to offer a somewhat more skeptical view of the hullabaloo surrounding portable alpha. [...] [...] Laurence Siegel, Director of Research in the Investment Division of the Ford Foundation was co-author of one of the most popular papers we’ve posted here at AllAboutAlpha.com. As an investor, Siegel is able to offer a somewhat more skeptical view of the hullabaloo surrounding portable alpha. [...]

]]> http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/26/debunking-some-myths-about-active-management/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Wednesday links: yield curve dynamics « Abnormal Returns Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:17:57 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/26/debunking-some-myths-about-active-management/#comment-23 [...] All About Alpha highlights a paper that looks to “debunk” some active management myths. [...] [...] All About Alpha highlights a paper that looks to “debunk” some active management myths. [...]

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