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A Spider Spins a SPIVA Special
Thirty years ago, Bill Clinton was getting ready for his inauguration as the 42nd U.S. president, the S&P 500® closed a little over 430 and the latest edition of Business Week was trumpeting that 1993 would be “The Year of Picking Wisely” in the stock market. Meanwhile, a different kind of security was about to…
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Tucking in to the SPIVA Australia Mid-Year 2022 Scorecard
The semiannual S&P Indices Versus Active (SPIVA®) Scorecard1 measures the performance of actively managed funds against their corresponding benchmarks in various markets around the world. The latest Australian edition, the SPIVA Australia Mid-Year 2022 Scorecard, provides a number of interesting insights about the performance of active versus passive across active fund categories. Although the long-term…
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2022, active management, Active vs. Passive, ASX, Australia, Australian bonds, Australian equities, Benedek Voros, IIS, Index Investment Strategy, Mid-Year 2022, Passive, passive investing, REIT, S&P Developed Ex-Australia LargeMidCap, S&P/ASX 200, S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT, S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest 0+ Index, S&P/ASX Mid-Small, SPIVA, SPIVA Australia
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Results from the SPIVA India Year-End 2021 Scorecard
The S&P Indices Versus Active (SPIVA®) Scorecard,1 published semiannually, measures the performance of actively managed funds against their corresponding benchmarks. The latest SPIVA India report provides a number of interesting insights about the performance of active versus passive across active fund categories. 1. Long-Term Outperformance of Active Funds Was Difficult Indian bond funds had a…
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Finding a Factor Fit
How can three decades of factor index performance history help investors make more informed decisions and measure the effectiveness of active managers? Join S&P DJI’s Craig Lazzara and Anu Ganti for a closer look at factor performance across a range of market environments. Learn more: https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/research/article/factor-indices-a-simple-compendium/
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2022, Active vs. Passive, alternate beta, alternative beta, Anu Ganti, beta, Core Factor PM, Core Factors, Craig Lazzara, dividend growth, Factor, high beta, Index Investment Strategy, low volatility, momentum, Passive, quality, risk management, Risk Premia, S&P 500 Factors, S&P Dow Jones Indices, SPIVA, U.S. Equities
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Paint by Numbers: SPIVA Latin America Year-End 2021
The S&P Indices Versus Active (SPIVA®) Scorecard1 provides a rich tapestry of data and insights on the active versus passive debate by comparing the performance of actively managed funds to their corresponding passive benchmarks. The SPIVA Latin America Scorecard is one of several regionally focused reports and covers the performance of active funds in Brazil,…
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No Time to Thrive
S&P DJI has just released the final regional edition of our S&P Index Versus Active (SPIVA®) Mid-Year 2021 Scorecards. The semiannual reports cover the performance of actively managed funds in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, South Africa, India, Japan, Australia, and our newest regional addition, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). SPIVA Scorecards…
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Headwinds on the Active Horizon
Active managers’ performance was disappointing in 2020, despite the market’s heightened volatility. As the market continues to march upward in 2021, it’s natural to wonder if current conditions are favorable for stock pickers. We expect active managers’ difficulties to persist. We can think of volatility in terms of its components: dispersion and correlation. Active managers…
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SPIVA Latin America Year-End 2020 Scorecard: Active Managers Missed an Opportunity
The recently published SPIVA® Latin America Year-End 2020 Scorecard shows that the volatile environment of 2020, though potentially favorable for high-conviction active managers, did not necessarily translate into success for active managers. SPIVA scorecards measure the performance of active funds against an appropriate benchmark. For Latin America, S&P Dow Jones Indices began publishing the scorecard…
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Risk-Adjusted SPIVA Year-End 2020 Scorecard: No Evidence to Support Superior Risk Management Skills of Active Managers
Modern Portfolio Theory tells us that higher returns tend to be associated with higher risk. Active managers tend to boast about their risk management skills and claim that they can generate higher returns than passive funds on a risk-adjusted basis. The Risk-Adjusted SPIVA® Scorecard assesses the risk-adjusted returns of actively managed funds against their benchmarks…
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SPIVA® Latin America Mid-Year 2020 Scorecard: Convergence to Underperformance
We recently published our industry-famous SPIVA report for the Latin America region. SPIVA, which stands for S&P Indices Versus Active, analyzes the performance of actively managed mutual funds against their respective category benchmark. In the case of Latin America, S&P Dow Jones Indices began publishing the scorecard in 2014, covering Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. The…
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