The index was launched on Sept. 11, 2008, showing a seven - year live track record of consistent
outperformance against the benchmark, the S&P China A BMI (see Exhibit 3).
This is important because when one participates in an active mutual fund, the statistical odds of continued
outperformance against the benchmark are not high.
Not exact matches
Schroders Global Alpha Plus is a concentrated strategy which targets
outperformance of 5.0 % per annum (gross of fees),
against the
benchmark.
However, when we
benchmark the GMO fund
against the appropriate passively managed
benchmark (the DFA Emerging Markets Value Fund) the large
outperformance (5.28 percent per annum) becomes a large underperformance (4.05 percent per annum).
If fund owners do not calculate their manager's
outperformance, or «alpha,»
against the correct
benchmark, they are at great risk of paying active fees for performance that could have been obtained passively.