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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458668403321

Autore

Schneider Christoph

Titolo

How useful is the information ratio to evaluate the performance of portfolio managers? [[electronic resource] /] / Christoph Schneider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, : Diplomica Verlag, 2010

ISBN

3-8366-3447-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Disciplina

332.63

332.632042

Soggetti

Portfolio management - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

How Useful is the Information Ratio to Evaluate the Performance of Portfolio Managers?; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Overview; 3 Data Description and Sources; 4 Empirical Study on Selected Performance Measures; 5 A Practical View on Performance Measurement; 6 Conclusion; List of References; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

The idea of comparing the performance of different risky investments, for example investment funds, on a quantitative basis dates back to the beginnings of the asset management industry and has been an important field of research in finance since then. Performance measures serve as valuable quantitative evidence for the portfolio manager's performance as well as for the evaluation of investment decisions ex post. Based on the idea of the capital asset pricing model proposed by Treynor, Sharpe and Lintner, Treynor developed the first quantitative performance measure intended to rate mutual fund