If
the active share of a fund is close to zero, then the fund is effectively a replica of the index, hence the term «closet indexer.»
It remains to be seen whether a combination of the expected low stock correlations in the market and a high
active share of these funds leads to their significant outperformance in 2017.
Not exact matches
Turner: One
of the things that people in the industry often talk about when it comes to money management is this barbell, where as you said you have low - cost, passive index tracking
funds and at the other end you have higher fees, higher
active share, things like private debt which you mentioned, and it's those in the middle that are charging higher fees for something that looks quite a lot like beta that are really going to struggle.
Comparison is between the average Prospectus Net Expense Ratio for the iShares ETFs (0.35 %) and the oldest
share class
of active open - end mutual
funds (1.14 %) with 10 - year track records that were available in the U.S. between 1/1/2008 and 12/31/2017.
Post-tax comparison between the 3, 5 and 10 year returns at NAV
of the iShares Core ETFs and the oldest
share class
of active open - end mutual
funds within the same Morningstar categories as the iShares Core ETFs.
Active share is one
of many characteristics an investor may find useful during the
fund selection process.
Vanguard has added an «
active share» report to its U.S. public websites to help investors determine how much
of an actively managed mutual
fund's stock holdings diverge from its benchmark index.
By focusing on the oldest
share classes and screening out sector
funds and volatility / beta - themed
funds, we find the S&P 500 outperformed 68 %
of the 321
active large core
funds with a YTD return
of 14.32 % through 9/30/2017 (Figure 1).
Joel Greenblatt, co-Chief Investment Officer
of Gotham Asset Management,
shares their transition from a very successful aggressive hedge
fund approach to a combination
of passive and
active.
Unless the money is taken out
of some other necessary research activity, or out
of the
active fund manager's wages or profits, the research and due - diligence necessary to buy the
shares will not get done.
Every time they received a cash inflow and attempted to buy
shares, they would be forced to buy at the elevated ask prices set by the small number
of active funds willing and able to transact with them, ask prices that they would push up through their attempted buying.
But they won't be able to sell all
of their
shares to the passive
fund, because the passive
fund will have to buy
shares of every company in the market — all 5,000, in proportion to the supply oustanding — many
of which the
active funds won't be holding.
Those remaining
active funds will be in a position to buy the
shares, because they will have received cash from selling some
of their own
shares to the passive
fund when it went in to buy.
If an
active fund skillfully arbitrages the prices
of individual
shares — buying those that are priced to offer high future returns and selling those that are priced to offer low future returns — it will earn a clear micro-level benefit for itself: an excess return over the market.
Counter-intuitively, the transition out
of active funds and into passive
funds makes the market more efficient in its relative pricing
of shares, because it preferentially removes lower - skilled players from the
active segment
of the market, leaving a higher average level
of skill in the remaining pool
of market participants to set prices.
A
fund that held none
of the securities found in its benchmark would have an
Active Share of 100.
Active Share is the proportion
of stock holdings in a
fund's portfolio that is different from the composition found in the benchmark.
The professors found that up to one - third
of US mutual
funds had low enough
Active Share to be considered «closet indexers.»
This is remarkable in light
of the study's primary conclusion: Truly
active funds (defined as funds with Active Share of 80 or greater) do outperform their benchmarks on average even after fees and exp
active funds (defined as
funds with
Active Share of 80 or greater) do outperform their benchmarks on average even after fees and exp
Active Share of 80 or greater) do outperform their benchmarks on average even after fees and expenses.
A number
of active projects
of the ETE were supported by a seed grant from the NSTB and further supplemented by a cost -
sharing grant from the Academic Research
Fund of the Ministry
of Education.
Teachers have limited
funds to provide students with the equipment necessary to engage in a wide variety
of activities during that free time, so Zavacky's first step was to
share equipment with teachers so students had a variety
of options for
active play.
While the state is supposed to contribute one - third
of the
fund's actuarially required amount and retired teachers and
active teachers each contribute one - third, the state has not been
funding its
share recently — putting the
fund on the precipice
of bankruptcy.
Based on the results
of the Cremers and Petajisto study,
Active Share is another tool to add to an investor's toolbox for use in evaluating potential mutual
fund investments.
Examining 2,650
funds from 1980 to 2003, Cremers and Petajisto found the highest ranking
active funds, those with an Active Share of 80 % or higher, beat their benchmark indexes by 2 - 2.71 % before fees and by 1.49 - 1.59 % after
active funds, those with an
Active Share of 80 % or higher, beat their benchmark indexes by 2 - 2.71 % before fees and by 1.49 - 1.59 % after
Active Share of 80 % or higher, beat their benchmark indexes by 2 - 2.71 % before fees and by 1.49 - 1.59 % after fees.
In 2003,
funds with
Active Share below 60 % had risen to 20 %
of funds and 30 %
of assets under management.
Correspondingly, the percentage
of fund assets with
Active Share greater than 80 % went down, from 58 % in 1980 to 28 % in 2003.
Active share is a measure
of the extent
of the difference between what's in
fund's portfolio and what's in the
fund's benchmark index.
With a certain degree
of share concentration, some mutual
funds may even seek board seats
of their portfolio companies and try to exert a more
active role in corporate governance.
The
fund's
active share is consistently more than 95 %, unusual for a
fund with hundreds
of holdings.
However, this type
of comparison to a single benchmark does not adequately account for the
fund's risk or composition (the article mentions a 92 %
active share).
It shows, for example, Dodge & Cox
Fund has an
Active Share of 68.7.
«
Active share» measures the degree to which a
fund's portfolio differs from the holdings
of its benchmark portfolio, which for QVAL is S&P 500 Total Return index.
Active funds can sell out
of problem
shares eg City
of London IT Avoided most
of the damage from the Tesco Disaster
An
active share of 94.2 is extremely high for a
fund with a large cap portfolio.
You will not have to look back at prior semi-annual reports to wonder why the relatively concentrated
fund of forty stocks became the concentrated
fund of eighty stocks (well it's
active share because there are not as many as Fidelity has in their similar
fund).
The professors found that up to one - third
of US mutual
funds had low enough
Active Share to be considered «closet indexers.»
This means that, for a
share class that doesn't have a 1, 3 -, 5, or 10 - year performance history, the rating shown is a hypothetical Morningstar Rating based first on the oldest
active surviving
share class
of the
fund and then any dormant or liquidated
share classes.
Yet, Cremers and Petajisto found that the
share of assets held in truly active funds (with sufficiently high Active Share) had fallen from 60 % in 1980 to under 20 % in
share of assets held in truly
active funds (with sufficiently high Active Share) had fallen from 60 % in 1980 to under 20 % in
active funds (with sufficiently high
Active Share) had fallen from 60 % in 1980 to under 20 % in
Active Share) had fallen from 60 % in 1980 to under 20 % in
Share) had fallen from 60 % in 1980 to under 20 % in 2009.
This is remarkable in light
of the study's primary conclusion: Truly
active funds (defined as funds with Active Share of 80 or greater) do outperform their benchmarks on average even after fees and exp
active funds (defined as
funds with
Active Share of 80 or greater) do outperform their benchmarks on average even after fees and exp
Active Share of 80 or greater) do outperform their benchmarks on average even after fees and expenses.
I am not going to cover all
of the inherent headwinds faced by mutual
funds and the managers such as cash limitations, style limitations, retail fear led redemptions or retail greed led
share purchases, egos, bonuses tied to indexes (Active Share), consultants trying to earn their keep focusing on quarterly results, unnecessarily high fees,
share purchases, egos, bonuses tied to indexes (
Active Share), consultants trying to earn their keep focusing on quarterly results, unnecessarily high fees,
Share), consultants trying to earn their keep focusing on quarterly results, unnecessarily high fees, etc..
Active share is a measure
of the degree by which the weights (percentages)
of fund holdings differ from those
of the index.
Active Share determines the extent of active management being employed by mutual fund managers: the higher the Active Share, the more likely a fund is to outperform the benchmark
Active Share determines the extent
of active management being employed by mutual fund managers: the higher the Active Share, the more likely a fund is to outperform the benchmark
active management being employed by mutual
fund managers: the higher the
Active Share, the more likely a fund is to outperform the benchmark
Active Share, the more likely a
fund is to outperform the benchmark index.
A high
active share does not guarantee a superior performance
of a
fund on a truly risk - adjusted basis, as clearly demonstrated by this Alpholio ™ analysis.
There is also a problem
of which benchmark is chosen to calculate the
active share, as frequently the one chosen by the
fund's management does not precisely reflect the actual portfolio.
Exhibit 2: Annualized 10 - Year Total Returns
of Active Small - Cap Blend Mutual
Fund Share Classes and Small - Cap Benchmarks
Active Share determines the extent of active management being employed by mutual fund man
Active Share determines the extent
of active management being employed by mutual fund man
active management being employed by mutual
fund managers.
Similarly, a high
active share is cited as one
of the reasons actively - managed
funds will outperform their passive peers.
Under the provisions
of Nasdaq Rule 5745 and consistent with the trading approvals required for
active ETFs, Nasdaq must receive approval to list and trade
shares of each NextShares
fund.
Martijn Cremers and Antti Petajisto have a series
of papers using the concept
of «
Active Share,» a new measure of active portfolio management which represents the share of portfolio holdings that differ from the benchmark index holdings, to evaluate mutual fund man
Active Share,» a new measure of active portfolio management which represents the share of portfolio holdings that differ from the benchmark index holdings, to evaluate mutual fund mana
Share,» a new measure
of active portfolio management which represents the share of portfolio holdings that differ from the benchmark index holdings, to evaluate mutual fund man
active portfolio management which represents the
share of portfolio holdings that differ from the benchmark index holdings, to evaluate mutual fund mana
share of portfolio holdings that differ from the benchmark index holdings, to evaluate mutual
fund managers.
Why a Busy
Fund Manager Isn't Always Best A debate is on over the concept
of «
active share» — a measure
of how much a portfolio's stocks differ from those in its benchmark.