Transcription of BENCHMARKS AND INDICES - CFA UK
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BENCHMARKS AND INDICESA uthored by: Ansumana Bai-Marrow & Sheetal Radia, CFAS upported by CFA UK's Market Integrity and Professionalism Committee2 | 7648 Follow us: | 34 INTRODUCTION5 CFA UK S POSITION AND ITS RELEVANCE TO MEMBERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS 7 QUALITIES OF A GOOD BENCHMARK 9 BENCHMARK GOVERNANCE AND CONTROLS10 BEST AND POOR PRACTICE IN BENCHMARK SELECTION 13 SMART BETA IS IT REALLY SMART OR JUST A BETTER BETA? 19 CONCLUSION 4 | Performance evaluation cannot be conducted in a vacuum. By its nature, performance evaluation is a relative concept. Even so called absolute return managers should provide some sense of how alternative uses of their clients money would have performed if exposed to similar risks.
The investment manager should be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of any benchmark they are asked to replicate or be judged against. It must also accept accountability for a client’s portfolio performance against that benchmark, and be ready to …
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