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FOCUS TOPIC B R I E
A PPROVED FOR C LIENT U SE
ldquoZoo in China Swaps Dog for Lion Hopes No One Nocesrdquo a headline reads Offi cials at the Louhe city
zoo in the central Henan province hoped no one would noce when they decided to make the switch in
order to send the exhibitrsquos regular resident an African lion away to a breeding center Visitors got a rude
surprise however when the lion started barking1
In fairness to the zookeeper the Tibetan masff
is a large excep
onally furry breed of dog Many wouldconclude that the breed resembles the king of the jungle more closely than perhaps any other domesc
canine While the switch undoubtedly fooled some patrons a six-year-old who had recently learned the
various sounds diff erent animals make quickly idenfied that the ldquolionrdquo was indeed barking like a dog
A spokesperson for the zoo cited that Chinese zoos have struggled to make money in recent years due to
a government ruling that animal shows should operate on a non-profit basis
Regardless of move or resemblance a dog was in the lion exhibit and patrons of the zoo were paying to
see a lion Itrsquos no surprise that zoo patrons felt cheated
This focus topic brief is an excerpt from the FundEvaluation Group LLC February 2014 ldquoResearch ReviewrdquoTo view the full newsletter or to be added to our mailinglist please visit wwwfegcomresearchphp
C H E R Y L A B A R K E R Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
APRIL 201
O r i gi n a l l y publ i sh ed Febr ua r y 2 0 1 4
SWAPPING DOGS FOR LIONA PRIMER ON ACTIVE SHARE
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
As the acve management versus passive manage-
ment bale connues to rage a similar but less hu-
morous phenomenon has been observed in the in-
vestment world closet indexing For decades acve
managers have charged higher management fees for
their strategies than their passively managed com-petors In some cases the higher fees are under-
standable as the acve managers apply unique skill
deep fundamental research and seek to outperform
a passively managed benchmark But what happens
when an investment manager claiming to be an acve
manager is really a closet indexer Investors in those
funds are paying acve management fees but are re-
ceiving benchmark-like performance Thus the inves-
torrsquos port olio has lile chance of outperforming the
benchmark as the higher fees ofen counteract any
posive performance achieved Those investors are
paying to view a lion but seeing a dog instead
How can investors idenfy the ldquodogsrdquo of the industry In 2004 An Petajisto and Mar jn Cremers then
colleagues in the finance department at the Yale School of Management pondered that same queson
They were intrigued by a Wall Street Journal arcle about the Fidelity Magellan Fund which alleged that
the fundrsquos manager at the me Robert Stansky was a closet indexer because the fundrsquos returns closely
tracked those of the Standard amp Poorrsquos 500 Index Knowing there were mulple factors that could lead to
benchmark-like returns and that there was a plethora of industry discussion surrounding closet indexing
Petajisto and Cremers decided they needed to look under the hood to substanate the closet indexing
claim with real data
The duo teamed up to discern how to diff erenate true stock pickers from closet indexers They complet-
ed a first draf of their research in 2006 and in 2009 published a paper How Act ve Is Your Fund Manager
A New Measure That Predicts Performance That measure which they named act ve share is the percent-
age of a fundrsquos weight-adjusted port olio that diff ers from its benchmark2
We have used the acve share metric in manager analysis for a number of years at FEG and believe many
will pay more aenon to this measure and that addional follow-up studies will likely be published
Therefore this focus topic provides an overview of acve share On one end of the spectrum (assuming no
leverage or short posions) an acve share percentage of 0 suggests a port oliorsquos holdings are idencal
to the benchmark while an acve share percentage of 100 indicates a port olio is completely diff erent
from the benchmark without any crossover of holdings
Petajisto and Cremers are the first to admit their measure is straight orward and not exactly rocket sci-
ence Like the six-year-old who idenfied the ldquolionrdquo at the zoo was barking like a dog the simplicity of ac-
ve share is what gives it strength At a base level acve share allows investors to easily idenfy managers
who piggyback the index but charge high fees Digging deeper however acve share becomes a useful
tool that can tell much more
Close enough A Tibetan mastiff was placed in the African
Lion exhibit at a zoo in Chinarsquos central Henan province
Source Ed JonesAFPGetty ImagesNPR
Where w fundi and w indexi are the portfolio weights of asset i in the fund
and in the index and the sum is taken over the universe of all assets
Source Petajisto and Cremers 2009 study
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
Because a manager can only add value relave to
a benchmark by deviang from it acve share first
provides informaon about a fundrsquos potenal for
outperforming its benchmark Though acve share
is not a suffi cient factor to explain outperformance
on its own some level of acve management is nec-essary for a manager to outperform its benchmark
The degree and type of acve management howev-
er maers considerably for performance The origi-
nal study incorporated mutual fund data from 1980
through 2003 however the performance analysis
within the study used a sample period of 1990-
2003 Almost all funds were acve in the 1980s but
starng around 1990 a meaningful mass of acve
funds began having a modest acve share of 60 or
less The study illustrated that funds with the high-
est acve share significantly outperformed their
benchmarks net of fees and their returns persistedfrom year to year Funds with lower acve share un-
derperformed afer fees
Tracking error has been the tradional metric used to measure acve management but tracking error
fails to capture the two diff erent dimensions of acve management stock selecon and factor bets Ad-
dionally there are diff erent approaches to acve management that can contribute diff erently to tracking
error When acve share is used together with tracking error it provides a more comprehensive picture
Acve share is a holdings-based measure that describes a managerrsquos current stock selecon bets Tracking
error is a returns-based measure of the volality of past acve returns relave to the benchmark When
used together they provide a comprehensive picture of how acve a fund is on the dimensions of both
holdings and returns When plo ng investment managers by their acve share and tracking error metrics
relave categories for their port olio management approach can be assigned
Types of Active Management
Petajisto and Cremersrsquo findings include pure indexers ploed in the boom lef-hand corner of the fol-
lowing chart with less than 20 acve share and low tracking error as the funds aempt to closely mimic
the benchmark against which they are indexed A diversified stock picker can have high acve share de-
spite its low tracking error because its stock selecon within industries can lead to deviaons from the
benchmark In contrast a manager be ng on factors such as value or quality can generate a large track-
ing error relave to peers even without large deviaons from benchmark holdings Taking acve posions
in individual stocks and in factors concentrated stock pickers combine the two approaches and generally
142
137
075
025
113
011
024
081
133
240
2 1 0 1 2 3
Low
2
3
4
High
A c t i v e S h a r e Q u i n t i l e
Gross Net
Data source Petajisto and Cremers 2009 study
Returns are presented gross and net of fees in US dollars
P E R F O R M A N C E F O R A L L 983085 E Q U I T Y
MUT UA L F UN D S
1990- 2003
Actve Share the fracon of port olio holdings that diff er from the benchmark
thus a measure that describes a managerrsquos stock selec
on bets
Tracking Error the volality of acve return relave to the benchmark thus a
measure that describes how closely a manager tracks its benchmark
Data Source Cremers + Petajisto and Zephyr Associates Inc
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
have greater than 80 acve share Closet indexers score low on both dimensions of acve management
while claiming to be acve managers They generally exhibit acve share levels in the 20 to 60 range3
The specific tracking error levels classified as high and low vary by asset class across the manager categories
In terms of performance concentrated stock
pickers (high acve share high tracking error)were the best performers each year and across
the sample period followed by diversified stock
pickers (high acve share low tracking error)
Closet indexers tended to underperform their
benchmarks afer fees and transacon costs
Low acve share managersmdashboth pure and
closet indexersmdashhave become increasingly
prevalent in the US equity fund universe
over the past 30 years Prior to the 1990s
most mutual fund assets were truly acveBy 2009 funds classified as ldquohighly acverdquo
with 80 or higher acve share represented
only approximately one-fourth of US equity
mutual fund assets under management Pure
indexers with acve share less than 20 have
grown from almost nothing in 1980 to one-fifh
of mutual fund assets at the end of 2009 This
illustrates the growth of passive investment
over the past two decades Closet indexing
however has become even more popular than
pure indexing accounng for approximately
one-third of all mutual fund assets at the endof 20094
The reason an increasing number of managers
hug their benchmark varies For some fund
size comes into play As funds surpass $1 billion
in assets stascally speaking it is harder to
maintain high levels of acve share Looking
across the market capitalizaon spectrum
addional challenges are presented Small and
mid cap funds tend to have higher levels of acve share than their large cap counterparts This is due not
only to the larger number of companies in the smaller cap benchmarks but also to the fact that smallercap benchmarks tend to be relavely flat while large cap benchmarks tend to be top-heavy with the
largest companies represenng a disproporonate amount of the benchmark The top 50 holdings in the
small cap Russell 2000 Index represented just over 11 of the Index as of February 28 2014 whereas
the top 50 holdings in the large cap Russell 1000 Index represented over 41 of the Index 5 Large cap
managers who want to purchase any of the largest market cap stocks in their benchmark will subsequently
see their acve share tumble For others closet indexing is an appealing prospect especially when market
volality increases Closet indexers have lile chance of meaningful outperformance but they are unlikely
to perform so poorly that they will be firedmdashand they will collect acve management fees The growth of
defined contribuon plans is linked to another structural reason for the decline in acve share as plan sponsors
somemes aempt to manage the risk of underperforming the benchmark to help migate the potenal for
ligaon from plan parcipants This can pressure fund managers to ensure benchmark-like returns
High
Low
0
0 Low High
Concentrated
Stock
Picks
Pure
Indexing
A c t i v e S h a r e
Tracking Error
Closet
Indexing
Factor
Bets
Diversified
Stock
Picks
Source Petajisto and Cremers 2009 study
Source Petajisto 2010 study
E V O L U T I O N O F A C T I V E S H A R E
1 9 8 0 - 2 0 0 9
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
Conclusion
We believe that opportunies exist for managers with unique strategies and competencies to add value
to a port olio beyond that of a purely passive representaon of the market Though acve share is not
a tool that can predict returns in an absolute sense research has demonstrated that managers with
high acve share have greater opportunies for outperformance As one would expect deviaons fromthe benchmark can introduce risk so manager selecon is crical in the acvely managed poron of
an investorrsquos port olio Given the cost premium assigned to acvely managed strategies investors must
understand the fees they are paying and how they relate to the amount of acve management they
receive Acve share provides an indicaon of a managerrsquos convicon level and willingness to manage
beyond a benchmark but may not be indicave of a managerrsquos stock picking skill Simply being diff erent
from the benchmark is not enough to outperform a manager needs to be diff erent in the right ways We
recommend allocang to equity managers who exhibit exceponal skill through a repeatable process
and show strength across FEGrsquos six tenets for manager analysis convicon consistency pragmasm
investment culture risk management and acve return Though the overall tenets are qualitave in
nature there are many quantave measuresmdashlike acve share and tracking errormdashthat connue to be
valuable components of our manager due diligence process and help our clients invest with lions rather
than dogs
1 Neuman Sco ldquoZoo in China Swaps Dog for Lion Hopes No One Nocesrdquo The Two-Way Naonal Public Radio 15 Aug 20132 Max Sarah ldquoIs Your Fund Manager Acve Enoughrdquo Barronrsquos 12 Jan 2013 Online r eprint accessed 14 Jan 20133 Cremers Mar jn K J An Petajisto How Act ve Is Your Fund Manager A New Measure That Predicts Performance Internaonal Center for
Finance Yale School of Management 20094 Petajisto An Act ve Share and Mutual Fund Performance NYU Stern Sc hool of Business 20105
Russell
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
DISCLOSURES
This rep ort w as prepar ed by Fund Evaluat ion Gro up LLC (FEG) a feder ally re gister ed invest ment adviser un der th e Investm ent Advi sers Ac tof 1940 as amended providing non-discretionar y and discretionary investment advice to its clients on an individual basis Registration as aninvestment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training The oral and writ ten communications of an adviser provide you with info r-mation about which you determine to hire or retain an adviser Fund Evaluation Group LLC Form ADV Part 2 A amp 2B can be obtained by writ tenrequest directly to Fund Evaluation Group LLC 201 East Fifth Street Suite 1600 Cincinnati OH 45202 Attention Compliance Department
The informat ion her ein was obtaine d from various sourc es FEG does not guaran tee the a ccurac y or com pleten ess of su ch infor mation providedby third parties The info rmation in this report is gi ven as of the date indicated and believed to be r eliable FEG assumes no obligation to updatethis information or to advise on further developments relating to it FEG it s affi liates directors o ffi cers employees employee bene1047297t pro gramsand client accounts may have a long position in any securities of issuers discussed in this report
Index performance results do not represent any managed port folio returns An investor cannot invest directly in a presented index as an invest-ment vehicle replicating an index would be required An index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses and no such fees orexpenses were deducted from the performance shown
Neither the information no r any opinion expressed in this repor t constitutes an offer or an invitation to make an offer to buy or sell any securi-ties
Any return expectations provided are not intended as and must not be regarded as a representation warranty or predication that the invest-ment will achieve any particular rate of return over any particular time period or that investors will not incur losses
Past performance is not indicative of future results
Investments in private funds are speculative involve a high degree of risk and are designed for sophisticated investors
This rep ort is prepar ed for infor mation al purpo ses onl y It does not a ddress speci1047297 c investm ent objecti ves or the 1047297nan cial situation a nd theparticular needs of any person who may receive this report
All data is as of February 28 2014 unless otherwise noted
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
I ND I C E S
Barclays Capital Fixed Income Indices is an index family comprised of the Barclays Capital Aggregate Index GovernmentCorporate Bond IndexMortgage-Backed Se curities Index and Asset-Backed Securities Index Municipal Index High-Yield Index and others designed to represent thebroad 1047297xed income markets and s ectors within constraints of maturity and minimum outst anding par value See httpsecommercebarcapcomindicesindexdxml for more information
The CSFB Leverag ed Loan Index i s desig ned to mirror the inves tible u niverse of the $U S-denomi nated le verage d loan market Loans ar e adde dto the index upon issuance if they qualify according to certain criteria See wwwcredit-suissecom for more information
The Dow Jones -UBS Co mmodity IndicesSM are composed of exchange-traded commodit y futures contracts rather than physical commodities Bytracking commodity futures rather than commodit y ldquospotrdquo prices (meaning the prices quoted for immediate payment and delivery of physicalcommodities) the indexes are investable benchmarks meaning they can gener ally be replicated using futures contracts The weightings foreach commodity included in DJ-AIGCI are calculated in accordance with rules that ensure that the relative proporti on of each of the underly ingindividual commodities re1047298ects its global econo mic signi1047297cance and market liquidity
The FT SE NAREIT Comp osite Index (NAREIT Index) i ncludes only those companies that me et mini mum size liquidi ty and free 1047298 oat cri teria a s setforth by FTSE and is meant as a broad representation of publicly tr aded REIT securities in the US Relevant real estate activities are de1047297ned as theownership disposure and development of income-producing real estate See wwwftsecom Indices for more information
The HFR I Month ly Indi ces (HFRI ) are equ ally wei ghted pe rformance i ndexes compi led by Hedge Fun d Resear ch Inc (HFX) a nd are us ed bynumerous hedge fund managers as a benchmark fo r their own hedge funds The HFRI are broken down into 37 different categories by strategyincluding the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite which accounts for over 2000 funds listed on the internal HFR Database The HFRI Fund of FundsComposite Index is an equal weighted net of fee index composed of approximately 800 fund- of- funds which report to HFR See wwwhedge-fundresearchcom for more information on index construction
JP Morganrsquos Global Index Research group produces proprietary index produc ts that track emerging markets government debt and corporatedebt asset classes Some of these indices include the JPMorgan Emerging Market Bond Plus Index JPMorgan Emerging Market Local Plus IndexJPMorgan Global Bond Non-US Index and JPMorgan Global Bond No n-US Index See ww wjpmorgancom for more information
The London In terbank Offer ed Rate (L IBOR) i s a daily refere nce rate b ased on the interest r ates at w hich bank s borr ow unsec ured fu nds fro mother banks in the London wholesale money market
The Mer rill Lyn ch high yi eld indices mea sure the p erfo rmance of secur ities that pay interest i n cash and have a credit rat ing of b elow inve st-ment grade Merrill Lynch uses a composite of Fitch Ratings Moodyrsquos and Standard and Poor rsquos credit ratings in selecting bonds for these indices
These r atings m easure th e risk that the b ond issu er will f ail to pay interes t or to r epay pri ncipal i n full See w wwml com for mor e infor mation
Morgan Stanley Capital International ndash MSCI is a series of indices constructed by Morgan Stanley to help institutional investors benchmarktheir returns There are a wide r ange of indices created by Morgan Stanley covering a multitude of developed and emerging economies andeconomic sectors See wwwmorganstanleycom for more information
Russell Investments rank US common s tocks from largest to smallest market capitalization at each annual reconstitution period (May 31) Theprimary Russell Indices are de1047297ned as follows 1) the top 3000 stocks become the Russell 3000 Index 2) the largest 1000 stocks become theRussell 1000 Index 3) the smallest 800 stock s in the Russell 1000 Index become the Russell Midcap index 4) the next 2000 stock s become theRussell 2000 Index 5) the smallest 1000 in the Russell 200 0 Index plus the next smallest 1000 comprise the Russell Microcap Index See wwwrussellcom for more information
SampP 500 Index consists of 500 stock s chosen for market size liquidity and industry group representation among other factor s by the SampP IndexCommittee which is a team of analysts and economists at Standard and Poorrsquos The SampP 500 is a market-value weighted index which meanseach stockrsquos weight in the index is propo rtionate to its market value and is designed to be a leading indicator of US equities and meant tore1047298ect the riskreturn characteristics of the large cap universe See wwwstandardandpo orscom for more information
The Samp P Globa l Proper ty In dices de1047297ne and m easure th e investable univ erse of publicl y traded propert y compan ies W ith more than 450 con-stituents from more than 35 countries the index is ideal for a range of investment activities including benchmarking active funds and settingthe foundation for passive funds See wwwstandardandpoorscom for more information
Information on any indices mentioned can be obtained either through your consultant or by written request to informationfegcom
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Research Team
CHERYL A BARKER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
NOLAN M BEAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Investment Philosophy and Portfolio Construction
KEITH M BERLIN Senior Vice President Director of Global Fixed Income and Credit
CHRISTIAN S BUSKEN Senior Vice President Director of Real Assets
KEVIN J CONROY CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
GREGORY M DOWLING CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
SUSAN MAHAN FASIG CFA Managing Principal Director of Private Capital
JEFFREY D FURST CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
BRIAN A HOOPER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
GREGORY D HOUSER CFA Senior Vice President Capital Markets
JAY R JOHNSTON Research Analyst Real Assets
PETER R KISTINGER Research Analyst Real Assets
MARK KOENIG CFA Senior Vice President Director of Quantitative Analysis
J ALAN LENAHAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
DAVID L MASON CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
CHRISTOPHER M MEYER CFA Managing Principal Chief Investment Offi cer
PAUL J NEUMANN Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
MICHAEL J OrsquoCONNOR CFA Senior Research Analyst Global Fixed Income and Credit
MICHAEL J OYSTER CFA Managing Principal Portfolio Strategist
WILLIAM B PHELPS CAIA Senior Fund Operations Analyst Managed Solutions
GARY R PRICE Managing Principal Head of FEG Managed Portfolios
SAMUEL A RAGAN Research Analyst Global Equities
G SCOTT TABOR Senior Research Analyst Private Capital
DANIEL I TIRPACK Research Analyst Private Capital
NATHAN C WERNER CFA CAIA Senior Vice President Private Capital
RYAN S WHEELER CAIA Director of Fund Operations Managed Solutions
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
As the acve management versus passive manage-
ment bale connues to rage a similar but less hu-
morous phenomenon has been observed in the in-
vestment world closet indexing For decades acve
managers have charged higher management fees for
their strategies than their passively managed com-petors In some cases the higher fees are under-
standable as the acve managers apply unique skill
deep fundamental research and seek to outperform
a passively managed benchmark But what happens
when an investment manager claiming to be an acve
manager is really a closet indexer Investors in those
funds are paying acve management fees but are re-
ceiving benchmark-like performance Thus the inves-
torrsquos port olio has lile chance of outperforming the
benchmark as the higher fees ofen counteract any
posive performance achieved Those investors are
paying to view a lion but seeing a dog instead
How can investors idenfy the ldquodogsrdquo of the industry In 2004 An Petajisto and Mar jn Cremers then
colleagues in the finance department at the Yale School of Management pondered that same queson
They were intrigued by a Wall Street Journal arcle about the Fidelity Magellan Fund which alleged that
the fundrsquos manager at the me Robert Stansky was a closet indexer because the fundrsquos returns closely
tracked those of the Standard amp Poorrsquos 500 Index Knowing there were mulple factors that could lead to
benchmark-like returns and that there was a plethora of industry discussion surrounding closet indexing
Petajisto and Cremers decided they needed to look under the hood to substanate the closet indexing
claim with real data
The duo teamed up to discern how to diff erenate true stock pickers from closet indexers They complet-
ed a first draf of their research in 2006 and in 2009 published a paper How Act ve Is Your Fund Manager
A New Measure That Predicts Performance That measure which they named act ve share is the percent-
age of a fundrsquos weight-adjusted port olio that diff ers from its benchmark2
We have used the acve share metric in manager analysis for a number of years at FEG and believe many
will pay more aenon to this measure and that addional follow-up studies will likely be published
Therefore this focus topic provides an overview of acve share On one end of the spectrum (assuming no
leverage or short posions) an acve share percentage of 0 suggests a port oliorsquos holdings are idencal
to the benchmark while an acve share percentage of 100 indicates a port olio is completely diff erent
from the benchmark without any crossover of holdings
Petajisto and Cremers are the first to admit their measure is straight orward and not exactly rocket sci-
ence Like the six-year-old who idenfied the ldquolionrdquo at the zoo was barking like a dog the simplicity of ac-
ve share is what gives it strength At a base level acve share allows investors to easily idenfy managers
who piggyback the index but charge high fees Digging deeper however acve share becomes a useful
tool that can tell much more
Close enough A Tibetan mastiff was placed in the African
Lion exhibit at a zoo in Chinarsquos central Henan province
Source Ed JonesAFPGetty ImagesNPR
Where w fundi and w indexi are the portfolio weights of asset i in the fund
and in the index and the sum is taken over the universe of all assets
Source Petajisto and Cremers 2009 study
8202019 022014FTBDogsversusLions
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
Because a manager can only add value relave to
a benchmark by deviang from it acve share first
provides informaon about a fundrsquos potenal for
outperforming its benchmark Though acve share
is not a suffi cient factor to explain outperformance
on its own some level of acve management is nec-essary for a manager to outperform its benchmark
The degree and type of acve management howev-
er maers considerably for performance The origi-
nal study incorporated mutual fund data from 1980
through 2003 however the performance analysis
within the study used a sample period of 1990-
2003 Almost all funds were acve in the 1980s but
starng around 1990 a meaningful mass of acve
funds began having a modest acve share of 60 or
less The study illustrated that funds with the high-
est acve share significantly outperformed their
benchmarks net of fees and their returns persistedfrom year to year Funds with lower acve share un-
derperformed afer fees
Tracking error has been the tradional metric used to measure acve management but tracking error
fails to capture the two diff erent dimensions of acve management stock selecon and factor bets Ad-
dionally there are diff erent approaches to acve management that can contribute diff erently to tracking
error When acve share is used together with tracking error it provides a more comprehensive picture
Acve share is a holdings-based measure that describes a managerrsquos current stock selecon bets Tracking
error is a returns-based measure of the volality of past acve returns relave to the benchmark When
used together they provide a comprehensive picture of how acve a fund is on the dimensions of both
holdings and returns When plo ng investment managers by their acve share and tracking error metrics
relave categories for their port olio management approach can be assigned
Types of Active Management
Petajisto and Cremersrsquo findings include pure indexers ploed in the boom lef-hand corner of the fol-
lowing chart with less than 20 acve share and low tracking error as the funds aempt to closely mimic
the benchmark against which they are indexed A diversified stock picker can have high acve share de-
spite its low tracking error because its stock selecon within industries can lead to deviaons from the
benchmark In contrast a manager be ng on factors such as value or quality can generate a large track-
ing error relave to peers even without large deviaons from benchmark holdings Taking acve posions
in individual stocks and in factors concentrated stock pickers combine the two approaches and generally
142
137
075
025
113
011
024
081
133
240
2 1 0 1 2 3
Low
2
3
4
High
A c t i v e S h a r e Q u i n t i l e
Gross Net
Data source Petajisto and Cremers 2009 study
Returns are presented gross and net of fees in US dollars
P E R F O R M A N C E F O R A L L 983085 E Q U I T Y
MUT UA L F UN D S
1990- 2003
Actve Share the fracon of port olio holdings that diff er from the benchmark
thus a measure that describes a managerrsquos stock selec
on bets
Tracking Error the volality of acve return relave to the benchmark thus a
measure that describes how closely a manager tracks its benchmark
Data Source Cremers + Petajisto and Zephyr Associates Inc
8202019 022014FTBDogsversusLions
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
have greater than 80 acve share Closet indexers score low on both dimensions of acve management
while claiming to be acve managers They generally exhibit acve share levels in the 20 to 60 range3
The specific tracking error levels classified as high and low vary by asset class across the manager categories
In terms of performance concentrated stock
pickers (high acve share high tracking error)were the best performers each year and across
the sample period followed by diversified stock
pickers (high acve share low tracking error)
Closet indexers tended to underperform their
benchmarks afer fees and transacon costs
Low acve share managersmdashboth pure and
closet indexersmdashhave become increasingly
prevalent in the US equity fund universe
over the past 30 years Prior to the 1990s
most mutual fund assets were truly acveBy 2009 funds classified as ldquohighly acverdquo
with 80 or higher acve share represented
only approximately one-fourth of US equity
mutual fund assets under management Pure
indexers with acve share less than 20 have
grown from almost nothing in 1980 to one-fifh
of mutual fund assets at the end of 2009 This
illustrates the growth of passive investment
over the past two decades Closet indexing
however has become even more popular than
pure indexing accounng for approximately
one-third of all mutual fund assets at the endof 20094
The reason an increasing number of managers
hug their benchmark varies For some fund
size comes into play As funds surpass $1 billion
in assets stascally speaking it is harder to
maintain high levels of acve share Looking
across the market capitalizaon spectrum
addional challenges are presented Small and
mid cap funds tend to have higher levels of acve share than their large cap counterparts This is due not
only to the larger number of companies in the smaller cap benchmarks but also to the fact that smallercap benchmarks tend to be relavely flat while large cap benchmarks tend to be top-heavy with the
largest companies represenng a disproporonate amount of the benchmark The top 50 holdings in the
small cap Russell 2000 Index represented just over 11 of the Index as of February 28 2014 whereas
the top 50 holdings in the large cap Russell 1000 Index represented over 41 of the Index 5 Large cap
managers who want to purchase any of the largest market cap stocks in their benchmark will subsequently
see their acve share tumble For others closet indexing is an appealing prospect especially when market
volality increases Closet indexers have lile chance of meaningful outperformance but they are unlikely
to perform so poorly that they will be firedmdashand they will collect acve management fees The growth of
defined contribuon plans is linked to another structural reason for the decline in acve share as plan sponsors
somemes aempt to manage the risk of underperforming the benchmark to help migate the potenal for
ligaon from plan parcipants This can pressure fund managers to ensure benchmark-like returns
High
Low
0
0 Low High
Concentrated
Stock
Picks
Pure
Indexing
A c t i v e S h a r e
Tracking Error
Closet
Indexing
Factor
Bets
Diversified
Stock
Picks
Source Petajisto and Cremers 2009 study
Source Petajisto 2010 study
E V O L U T I O N O F A C T I V E S H A R E
1 9 8 0 - 2 0 0 9
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Conclusion
We believe that opportunies exist for managers with unique strategies and competencies to add value
to a port olio beyond that of a purely passive representaon of the market Though acve share is not
a tool that can predict returns in an absolute sense research has demonstrated that managers with
high acve share have greater opportunies for outperformance As one would expect deviaons fromthe benchmark can introduce risk so manager selecon is crical in the acvely managed poron of
an investorrsquos port olio Given the cost premium assigned to acvely managed strategies investors must
understand the fees they are paying and how they relate to the amount of acve management they
receive Acve share provides an indicaon of a managerrsquos convicon level and willingness to manage
beyond a benchmark but may not be indicave of a managerrsquos stock picking skill Simply being diff erent
from the benchmark is not enough to outperform a manager needs to be diff erent in the right ways We
recommend allocang to equity managers who exhibit exceponal skill through a repeatable process
and show strength across FEGrsquos six tenets for manager analysis convicon consistency pragmasm
investment culture risk management and acve return Though the overall tenets are qualitave in
nature there are many quantave measuresmdashlike acve share and tracking errormdashthat connue to be
valuable components of our manager due diligence process and help our clients invest with lions rather
than dogs
1 Neuman Sco ldquoZoo in China Swaps Dog for Lion Hopes No One Nocesrdquo The Two-Way Naonal Public Radio 15 Aug 20132 Max Sarah ldquoIs Your Fund Manager Acve Enoughrdquo Barronrsquos 12 Jan 2013 Online r eprint accessed 14 Jan 20133 Cremers Mar jn K J An Petajisto How Act ve Is Your Fund Manager A New Measure That Predicts Performance Internaonal Center for
Finance Yale School of Management 20094 Petajisto An Act ve Share and Mutual Fund Performance NYU Stern Sc hool of Business 20105
Russell
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DISCLOSURES
This rep ort w as prepar ed by Fund Evaluat ion Gro up LLC (FEG) a feder ally re gister ed invest ment adviser un der th e Investm ent Advi sers Ac tof 1940 as amended providing non-discretionar y and discretionary investment advice to its clients on an individual basis Registration as aninvestment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training The oral and writ ten communications of an adviser provide you with info r-mation about which you determine to hire or retain an adviser Fund Evaluation Group LLC Form ADV Part 2 A amp 2B can be obtained by writ tenrequest directly to Fund Evaluation Group LLC 201 East Fifth Street Suite 1600 Cincinnati OH 45202 Attention Compliance Department
The informat ion her ein was obtaine d from various sourc es FEG does not guaran tee the a ccurac y or com pleten ess of su ch infor mation providedby third parties The info rmation in this report is gi ven as of the date indicated and believed to be r eliable FEG assumes no obligation to updatethis information or to advise on further developments relating to it FEG it s affi liates directors o ffi cers employees employee bene1047297t pro gramsand client accounts may have a long position in any securities of issuers discussed in this report
Index performance results do not represent any managed port folio returns An investor cannot invest directly in a presented index as an invest-ment vehicle replicating an index would be required An index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses and no such fees orexpenses were deducted from the performance shown
Neither the information no r any opinion expressed in this repor t constitutes an offer or an invitation to make an offer to buy or sell any securi-ties
Any return expectations provided are not intended as and must not be regarded as a representation warranty or predication that the invest-ment will achieve any particular rate of return over any particular time period or that investors will not incur losses
Past performance is not indicative of future results
Investments in private funds are speculative involve a high degree of risk and are designed for sophisticated investors
This rep ort is prepar ed for infor mation al purpo ses onl y It does not a ddress speci1047297 c investm ent objecti ves or the 1047297nan cial situation a nd theparticular needs of any person who may receive this report
All data is as of February 28 2014 unless otherwise noted
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I ND I C E S
Barclays Capital Fixed Income Indices is an index family comprised of the Barclays Capital Aggregate Index GovernmentCorporate Bond IndexMortgage-Backed Se curities Index and Asset-Backed Securities Index Municipal Index High-Yield Index and others designed to represent thebroad 1047297xed income markets and s ectors within constraints of maturity and minimum outst anding par value See httpsecommercebarcapcomindicesindexdxml for more information
The CSFB Leverag ed Loan Index i s desig ned to mirror the inves tible u niverse of the $U S-denomi nated le verage d loan market Loans ar e adde dto the index upon issuance if they qualify according to certain criteria See wwwcredit-suissecom for more information
The Dow Jones -UBS Co mmodity IndicesSM are composed of exchange-traded commodit y futures contracts rather than physical commodities Bytracking commodity futures rather than commodit y ldquospotrdquo prices (meaning the prices quoted for immediate payment and delivery of physicalcommodities) the indexes are investable benchmarks meaning they can gener ally be replicated using futures contracts The weightings foreach commodity included in DJ-AIGCI are calculated in accordance with rules that ensure that the relative proporti on of each of the underly ingindividual commodities re1047298ects its global econo mic signi1047297cance and market liquidity
The FT SE NAREIT Comp osite Index (NAREIT Index) i ncludes only those companies that me et mini mum size liquidi ty and free 1047298 oat cri teria a s setforth by FTSE and is meant as a broad representation of publicly tr aded REIT securities in the US Relevant real estate activities are de1047297ned as theownership disposure and development of income-producing real estate See wwwftsecom Indices for more information
The HFR I Month ly Indi ces (HFRI ) are equ ally wei ghted pe rformance i ndexes compi led by Hedge Fun d Resear ch Inc (HFX) a nd are us ed bynumerous hedge fund managers as a benchmark fo r their own hedge funds The HFRI are broken down into 37 different categories by strategyincluding the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite which accounts for over 2000 funds listed on the internal HFR Database The HFRI Fund of FundsComposite Index is an equal weighted net of fee index composed of approximately 800 fund- of- funds which report to HFR See wwwhedge-fundresearchcom for more information on index construction
JP Morganrsquos Global Index Research group produces proprietary index produc ts that track emerging markets government debt and corporatedebt asset classes Some of these indices include the JPMorgan Emerging Market Bond Plus Index JPMorgan Emerging Market Local Plus IndexJPMorgan Global Bond Non-US Index and JPMorgan Global Bond No n-US Index See ww wjpmorgancom for more information
The London In terbank Offer ed Rate (L IBOR) i s a daily refere nce rate b ased on the interest r ates at w hich bank s borr ow unsec ured fu nds fro mother banks in the London wholesale money market
The Mer rill Lyn ch high yi eld indices mea sure the p erfo rmance of secur ities that pay interest i n cash and have a credit rat ing of b elow inve st-ment grade Merrill Lynch uses a composite of Fitch Ratings Moodyrsquos and Standard and Poor rsquos credit ratings in selecting bonds for these indices
These r atings m easure th e risk that the b ond issu er will f ail to pay interes t or to r epay pri ncipal i n full See w wwml com for mor e infor mation
Morgan Stanley Capital International ndash MSCI is a series of indices constructed by Morgan Stanley to help institutional investors benchmarktheir returns There are a wide r ange of indices created by Morgan Stanley covering a multitude of developed and emerging economies andeconomic sectors See wwwmorganstanleycom for more information
Russell Investments rank US common s tocks from largest to smallest market capitalization at each annual reconstitution period (May 31) Theprimary Russell Indices are de1047297ned as follows 1) the top 3000 stocks become the Russell 3000 Index 2) the largest 1000 stocks become theRussell 1000 Index 3) the smallest 800 stock s in the Russell 1000 Index become the Russell Midcap index 4) the next 2000 stock s become theRussell 2000 Index 5) the smallest 1000 in the Russell 200 0 Index plus the next smallest 1000 comprise the Russell Microcap Index See wwwrussellcom for more information
SampP 500 Index consists of 500 stock s chosen for market size liquidity and industry group representation among other factor s by the SampP IndexCommittee which is a team of analysts and economists at Standard and Poorrsquos The SampP 500 is a market-value weighted index which meanseach stockrsquos weight in the index is propo rtionate to its market value and is designed to be a leading indicator of US equities and meant tore1047298ect the riskreturn characteristics of the large cap universe See wwwstandardandpo orscom for more information
The Samp P Globa l Proper ty In dices de1047297ne and m easure th e investable univ erse of publicl y traded propert y compan ies W ith more than 450 con-stituents from more than 35 countries the index is ideal for a range of investment activities including benchmarking active funds and settingthe foundation for passive funds See wwwstandardandpoorscom for more information
Information on any indices mentioned can be obtained either through your consultant or by written request to informationfegcom
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Research Team
CHERYL A BARKER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
NOLAN M BEAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Investment Philosophy and Portfolio Construction
KEITH M BERLIN Senior Vice President Director of Global Fixed Income and Credit
CHRISTIAN S BUSKEN Senior Vice President Director of Real Assets
KEVIN J CONROY CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
GREGORY M DOWLING CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
SUSAN MAHAN FASIG CFA Managing Principal Director of Private Capital
JEFFREY D FURST CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
BRIAN A HOOPER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
GREGORY D HOUSER CFA Senior Vice President Capital Markets
JAY R JOHNSTON Research Analyst Real Assets
PETER R KISTINGER Research Analyst Real Assets
MARK KOENIG CFA Senior Vice President Director of Quantitative Analysis
J ALAN LENAHAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
DAVID L MASON CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
CHRISTOPHER M MEYER CFA Managing Principal Chief Investment Offi cer
PAUL J NEUMANN Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
MICHAEL J OrsquoCONNOR CFA Senior Research Analyst Global Fixed Income and Credit
MICHAEL J OYSTER CFA Managing Principal Portfolio Strategist
WILLIAM B PHELPS CAIA Senior Fund Operations Analyst Managed Solutions
GARY R PRICE Managing Principal Head of FEG Managed Portfolios
SAMUEL A RAGAN Research Analyst Global Equities
G SCOTT TABOR Senior Research Analyst Private Capital
DANIEL I TIRPACK Research Analyst Private Capital
NATHAN C WERNER CFA CAIA Senior Vice President Private Capital
RYAN S WHEELER CAIA Director of Fund Operations Managed Solutions
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Because a manager can only add value relave to
a benchmark by deviang from it acve share first
provides informaon about a fundrsquos potenal for
outperforming its benchmark Though acve share
is not a suffi cient factor to explain outperformance
on its own some level of acve management is nec-essary for a manager to outperform its benchmark
The degree and type of acve management howev-
er maers considerably for performance The origi-
nal study incorporated mutual fund data from 1980
through 2003 however the performance analysis
within the study used a sample period of 1990-
2003 Almost all funds were acve in the 1980s but
starng around 1990 a meaningful mass of acve
funds began having a modest acve share of 60 or
less The study illustrated that funds with the high-
est acve share significantly outperformed their
benchmarks net of fees and their returns persistedfrom year to year Funds with lower acve share un-
derperformed afer fees
Tracking error has been the tradional metric used to measure acve management but tracking error
fails to capture the two diff erent dimensions of acve management stock selecon and factor bets Ad-
dionally there are diff erent approaches to acve management that can contribute diff erently to tracking
error When acve share is used together with tracking error it provides a more comprehensive picture
Acve share is a holdings-based measure that describes a managerrsquos current stock selecon bets Tracking
error is a returns-based measure of the volality of past acve returns relave to the benchmark When
used together they provide a comprehensive picture of how acve a fund is on the dimensions of both
holdings and returns When plo ng investment managers by their acve share and tracking error metrics
relave categories for their port olio management approach can be assigned
Types of Active Management
Petajisto and Cremersrsquo findings include pure indexers ploed in the boom lef-hand corner of the fol-
lowing chart with less than 20 acve share and low tracking error as the funds aempt to closely mimic
the benchmark against which they are indexed A diversified stock picker can have high acve share de-
spite its low tracking error because its stock selecon within industries can lead to deviaons from the
benchmark In contrast a manager be ng on factors such as value or quality can generate a large track-
ing error relave to peers even without large deviaons from benchmark holdings Taking acve posions
in individual stocks and in factors concentrated stock pickers combine the two approaches and generally
142
137
075
025
113
011
024
081
133
240
2 1 0 1 2 3
Low
2
3
4
High
A c t i v e S h a r e Q u i n t i l e
Gross Net
Data source Petajisto and Cremers 2009 study
Returns are presented gross and net of fees in US dollars
P E R F O R M A N C E F O R A L L 983085 E Q U I T Y
MUT UA L F UN D S
1990- 2003
Actve Share the fracon of port olio holdings that diff er from the benchmark
thus a measure that describes a managerrsquos stock selec
on bets
Tracking Error the volality of acve return relave to the benchmark thus a
measure that describes how closely a manager tracks its benchmark
Data Source Cremers + Petajisto and Zephyr Associates Inc
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have greater than 80 acve share Closet indexers score low on both dimensions of acve management
while claiming to be acve managers They generally exhibit acve share levels in the 20 to 60 range3
The specific tracking error levels classified as high and low vary by asset class across the manager categories
In terms of performance concentrated stock
pickers (high acve share high tracking error)were the best performers each year and across
the sample period followed by diversified stock
pickers (high acve share low tracking error)
Closet indexers tended to underperform their
benchmarks afer fees and transacon costs
Low acve share managersmdashboth pure and
closet indexersmdashhave become increasingly
prevalent in the US equity fund universe
over the past 30 years Prior to the 1990s
most mutual fund assets were truly acveBy 2009 funds classified as ldquohighly acverdquo
with 80 or higher acve share represented
only approximately one-fourth of US equity
mutual fund assets under management Pure
indexers with acve share less than 20 have
grown from almost nothing in 1980 to one-fifh
of mutual fund assets at the end of 2009 This
illustrates the growth of passive investment
over the past two decades Closet indexing
however has become even more popular than
pure indexing accounng for approximately
one-third of all mutual fund assets at the endof 20094
The reason an increasing number of managers
hug their benchmark varies For some fund
size comes into play As funds surpass $1 billion
in assets stascally speaking it is harder to
maintain high levels of acve share Looking
across the market capitalizaon spectrum
addional challenges are presented Small and
mid cap funds tend to have higher levels of acve share than their large cap counterparts This is due not
only to the larger number of companies in the smaller cap benchmarks but also to the fact that smallercap benchmarks tend to be relavely flat while large cap benchmarks tend to be top-heavy with the
largest companies represenng a disproporonate amount of the benchmark The top 50 holdings in the
small cap Russell 2000 Index represented just over 11 of the Index as of February 28 2014 whereas
the top 50 holdings in the large cap Russell 1000 Index represented over 41 of the Index 5 Large cap
managers who want to purchase any of the largest market cap stocks in their benchmark will subsequently
see their acve share tumble For others closet indexing is an appealing prospect especially when market
volality increases Closet indexers have lile chance of meaningful outperformance but they are unlikely
to perform so poorly that they will be firedmdashand they will collect acve management fees The growth of
defined contribuon plans is linked to another structural reason for the decline in acve share as plan sponsors
somemes aempt to manage the risk of underperforming the benchmark to help migate the potenal for
ligaon from plan parcipants This can pressure fund managers to ensure benchmark-like returns
High
Low
0
0 Low High
Concentrated
Stock
Picks
Pure
Indexing
A c t i v e S h a r e
Tracking Error
Closet
Indexing
Factor
Bets
Diversified
Stock
Picks
Source Petajisto and Cremers 2009 study
Source Petajisto 2010 study
E V O L U T I O N O F A C T I V E S H A R E
1 9 8 0 - 2 0 0 9
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Conclusion
We believe that opportunies exist for managers with unique strategies and competencies to add value
to a port olio beyond that of a purely passive representaon of the market Though acve share is not
a tool that can predict returns in an absolute sense research has demonstrated that managers with
high acve share have greater opportunies for outperformance As one would expect deviaons fromthe benchmark can introduce risk so manager selecon is crical in the acvely managed poron of
an investorrsquos port olio Given the cost premium assigned to acvely managed strategies investors must
understand the fees they are paying and how they relate to the amount of acve management they
receive Acve share provides an indicaon of a managerrsquos convicon level and willingness to manage
beyond a benchmark but may not be indicave of a managerrsquos stock picking skill Simply being diff erent
from the benchmark is not enough to outperform a manager needs to be diff erent in the right ways We
recommend allocang to equity managers who exhibit exceponal skill through a repeatable process
and show strength across FEGrsquos six tenets for manager analysis convicon consistency pragmasm
investment culture risk management and acve return Though the overall tenets are qualitave in
nature there are many quantave measuresmdashlike acve share and tracking errormdashthat connue to be
valuable components of our manager due diligence process and help our clients invest with lions rather
than dogs
1 Neuman Sco ldquoZoo in China Swaps Dog for Lion Hopes No One Nocesrdquo The Two-Way Naonal Public Radio 15 Aug 20132 Max Sarah ldquoIs Your Fund Manager Acve Enoughrdquo Barronrsquos 12 Jan 2013 Online r eprint accessed 14 Jan 20133 Cremers Mar jn K J An Petajisto How Act ve Is Your Fund Manager A New Measure That Predicts Performance Internaonal Center for
Finance Yale School of Management 20094 Petajisto An Act ve Share and Mutual Fund Performance NYU Stern Sc hool of Business 20105
Russell
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DISCLOSURES
This rep ort w as prepar ed by Fund Evaluat ion Gro up LLC (FEG) a feder ally re gister ed invest ment adviser un der th e Investm ent Advi sers Ac tof 1940 as amended providing non-discretionar y and discretionary investment advice to its clients on an individual basis Registration as aninvestment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training The oral and writ ten communications of an adviser provide you with info r-mation about which you determine to hire or retain an adviser Fund Evaluation Group LLC Form ADV Part 2 A amp 2B can be obtained by writ tenrequest directly to Fund Evaluation Group LLC 201 East Fifth Street Suite 1600 Cincinnati OH 45202 Attention Compliance Department
The informat ion her ein was obtaine d from various sourc es FEG does not guaran tee the a ccurac y or com pleten ess of su ch infor mation providedby third parties The info rmation in this report is gi ven as of the date indicated and believed to be r eliable FEG assumes no obligation to updatethis information or to advise on further developments relating to it FEG it s affi liates directors o ffi cers employees employee bene1047297t pro gramsand client accounts may have a long position in any securities of issuers discussed in this report
Index performance results do not represent any managed port folio returns An investor cannot invest directly in a presented index as an invest-ment vehicle replicating an index would be required An index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses and no such fees orexpenses were deducted from the performance shown
Neither the information no r any opinion expressed in this repor t constitutes an offer or an invitation to make an offer to buy or sell any securi-ties
Any return expectations provided are not intended as and must not be regarded as a representation warranty or predication that the invest-ment will achieve any particular rate of return over any particular time period or that investors will not incur losses
Past performance is not indicative of future results
Investments in private funds are speculative involve a high degree of risk and are designed for sophisticated investors
This rep ort is prepar ed for infor mation al purpo ses onl y It does not a ddress speci1047297 c investm ent objecti ves or the 1047297nan cial situation a nd theparticular needs of any person who may receive this report
All data is as of February 28 2014 unless otherwise noted
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
I ND I C E S
Barclays Capital Fixed Income Indices is an index family comprised of the Barclays Capital Aggregate Index GovernmentCorporate Bond IndexMortgage-Backed Se curities Index and Asset-Backed Securities Index Municipal Index High-Yield Index and others designed to represent thebroad 1047297xed income markets and s ectors within constraints of maturity and minimum outst anding par value See httpsecommercebarcapcomindicesindexdxml for more information
The CSFB Leverag ed Loan Index i s desig ned to mirror the inves tible u niverse of the $U S-denomi nated le verage d loan market Loans ar e adde dto the index upon issuance if they qualify according to certain criteria See wwwcredit-suissecom for more information
The Dow Jones -UBS Co mmodity IndicesSM are composed of exchange-traded commodit y futures contracts rather than physical commodities Bytracking commodity futures rather than commodit y ldquospotrdquo prices (meaning the prices quoted for immediate payment and delivery of physicalcommodities) the indexes are investable benchmarks meaning they can gener ally be replicated using futures contracts The weightings foreach commodity included in DJ-AIGCI are calculated in accordance with rules that ensure that the relative proporti on of each of the underly ingindividual commodities re1047298ects its global econo mic signi1047297cance and market liquidity
The FT SE NAREIT Comp osite Index (NAREIT Index) i ncludes only those companies that me et mini mum size liquidi ty and free 1047298 oat cri teria a s setforth by FTSE and is meant as a broad representation of publicly tr aded REIT securities in the US Relevant real estate activities are de1047297ned as theownership disposure and development of income-producing real estate See wwwftsecom Indices for more information
The HFR I Month ly Indi ces (HFRI ) are equ ally wei ghted pe rformance i ndexes compi led by Hedge Fun d Resear ch Inc (HFX) a nd are us ed bynumerous hedge fund managers as a benchmark fo r their own hedge funds The HFRI are broken down into 37 different categories by strategyincluding the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite which accounts for over 2000 funds listed on the internal HFR Database The HFRI Fund of FundsComposite Index is an equal weighted net of fee index composed of approximately 800 fund- of- funds which report to HFR See wwwhedge-fundresearchcom for more information on index construction
JP Morganrsquos Global Index Research group produces proprietary index produc ts that track emerging markets government debt and corporatedebt asset classes Some of these indices include the JPMorgan Emerging Market Bond Plus Index JPMorgan Emerging Market Local Plus IndexJPMorgan Global Bond Non-US Index and JPMorgan Global Bond No n-US Index See ww wjpmorgancom for more information
The London In terbank Offer ed Rate (L IBOR) i s a daily refere nce rate b ased on the interest r ates at w hich bank s borr ow unsec ured fu nds fro mother banks in the London wholesale money market
The Mer rill Lyn ch high yi eld indices mea sure the p erfo rmance of secur ities that pay interest i n cash and have a credit rat ing of b elow inve st-ment grade Merrill Lynch uses a composite of Fitch Ratings Moodyrsquos and Standard and Poor rsquos credit ratings in selecting bonds for these indices
These r atings m easure th e risk that the b ond issu er will f ail to pay interes t or to r epay pri ncipal i n full See w wwml com for mor e infor mation
Morgan Stanley Capital International ndash MSCI is a series of indices constructed by Morgan Stanley to help institutional investors benchmarktheir returns There are a wide r ange of indices created by Morgan Stanley covering a multitude of developed and emerging economies andeconomic sectors See wwwmorganstanleycom for more information
Russell Investments rank US common s tocks from largest to smallest market capitalization at each annual reconstitution period (May 31) Theprimary Russell Indices are de1047297ned as follows 1) the top 3000 stocks become the Russell 3000 Index 2) the largest 1000 stocks become theRussell 1000 Index 3) the smallest 800 stock s in the Russell 1000 Index become the Russell Midcap index 4) the next 2000 stock s become theRussell 2000 Index 5) the smallest 1000 in the Russell 200 0 Index plus the next smallest 1000 comprise the Russell Microcap Index See wwwrussellcom for more information
SampP 500 Index consists of 500 stock s chosen for market size liquidity and industry group representation among other factor s by the SampP IndexCommittee which is a team of analysts and economists at Standard and Poorrsquos The SampP 500 is a market-value weighted index which meanseach stockrsquos weight in the index is propo rtionate to its market value and is designed to be a leading indicator of US equities and meant tore1047298ect the riskreturn characteristics of the large cap universe See wwwstandardandpo orscom for more information
The Samp P Globa l Proper ty In dices de1047297ne and m easure th e investable univ erse of publicl y traded propert y compan ies W ith more than 450 con-stituents from more than 35 countries the index is ideal for a range of investment activities including benchmarking active funds and settingthe foundation for passive funds See wwwstandardandpoorscom for more information
Information on any indices mentioned can be obtained either through your consultant or by written request to informationfegcom
RES-4027 4-24-2014
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Fund Evaluation Group LLC 201 East Fifth St Suite 1600 Cincinnati Ohio 45202 P 5139774400 F 5139774430 w wwfegcom
Research Team
CHERYL A BARKER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
NOLAN M BEAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Investment Philosophy and Portfolio Construction
KEITH M BERLIN Senior Vice President Director of Global Fixed Income and Credit
CHRISTIAN S BUSKEN Senior Vice President Director of Real Assets
KEVIN J CONROY CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
GREGORY M DOWLING CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
SUSAN MAHAN FASIG CFA Managing Principal Director of Private Capital
JEFFREY D FURST CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
BRIAN A HOOPER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
GREGORY D HOUSER CFA Senior Vice President Capital Markets
JAY R JOHNSTON Research Analyst Real Assets
PETER R KISTINGER Research Analyst Real Assets
MARK KOENIG CFA Senior Vice President Director of Quantitative Analysis
J ALAN LENAHAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
DAVID L MASON CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
CHRISTOPHER M MEYER CFA Managing Principal Chief Investment Offi cer
PAUL J NEUMANN Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
MICHAEL J OrsquoCONNOR CFA Senior Research Analyst Global Fixed Income and Credit
MICHAEL J OYSTER CFA Managing Principal Portfolio Strategist
WILLIAM B PHELPS CAIA Senior Fund Operations Analyst Managed Solutions
GARY R PRICE Managing Principal Head of FEG Managed Portfolios
SAMUEL A RAGAN Research Analyst Global Equities
G SCOTT TABOR Senior Research Analyst Private Capital
DANIEL I TIRPACK Research Analyst Private Capital
NATHAN C WERNER CFA CAIA Senior Vice President Private Capital
RYAN S WHEELER CAIA Director of Fund Operations Managed Solutions
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have greater than 80 acve share Closet indexers score low on both dimensions of acve management
while claiming to be acve managers They generally exhibit acve share levels in the 20 to 60 range3
The specific tracking error levels classified as high and low vary by asset class across the manager categories
In terms of performance concentrated stock
pickers (high acve share high tracking error)were the best performers each year and across
the sample period followed by diversified stock
pickers (high acve share low tracking error)
Closet indexers tended to underperform their
benchmarks afer fees and transacon costs
Low acve share managersmdashboth pure and
closet indexersmdashhave become increasingly
prevalent in the US equity fund universe
over the past 30 years Prior to the 1990s
most mutual fund assets were truly acveBy 2009 funds classified as ldquohighly acverdquo
with 80 or higher acve share represented
only approximately one-fourth of US equity
mutual fund assets under management Pure
indexers with acve share less than 20 have
grown from almost nothing in 1980 to one-fifh
of mutual fund assets at the end of 2009 This
illustrates the growth of passive investment
over the past two decades Closet indexing
however has become even more popular than
pure indexing accounng for approximately
one-third of all mutual fund assets at the endof 20094
The reason an increasing number of managers
hug their benchmark varies For some fund
size comes into play As funds surpass $1 billion
in assets stascally speaking it is harder to
maintain high levels of acve share Looking
across the market capitalizaon spectrum
addional challenges are presented Small and
mid cap funds tend to have higher levels of acve share than their large cap counterparts This is due not
only to the larger number of companies in the smaller cap benchmarks but also to the fact that smallercap benchmarks tend to be relavely flat while large cap benchmarks tend to be top-heavy with the
largest companies represenng a disproporonate amount of the benchmark The top 50 holdings in the
small cap Russell 2000 Index represented just over 11 of the Index as of February 28 2014 whereas
the top 50 holdings in the large cap Russell 1000 Index represented over 41 of the Index 5 Large cap
managers who want to purchase any of the largest market cap stocks in their benchmark will subsequently
see their acve share tumble For others closet indexing is an appealing prospect especially when market
volality increases Closet indexers have lile chance of meaningful outperformance but they are unlikely
to perform so poorly that they will be firedmdashand they will collect acve management fees The growth of
defined contribuon plans is linked to another structural reason for the decline in acve share as plan sponsors
somemes aempt to manage the risk of underperforming the benchmark to help migate the potenal for
ligaon from plan parcipants This can pressure fund managers to ensure benchmark-like returns
High
Low
0
0 Low High
Concentrated
Stock
Picks
Pure
Indexing
A c t i v e S h a r e
Tracking Error
Closet
Indexing
Factor
Bets
Diversified
Stock
Picks
Source Petajisto and Cremers 2009 study
Source Petajisto 2010 study
E V O L U T I O N O F A C T I V E S H A R E
1 9 8 0 - 2 0 0 9
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Conclusion
We believe that opportunies exist for managers with unique strategies and competencies to add value
to a port olio beyond that of a purely passive representaon of the market Though acve share is not
a tool that can predict returns in an absolute sense research has demonstrated that managers with
high acve share have greater opportunies for outperformance As one would expect deviaons fromthe benchmark can introduce risk so manager selecon is crical in the acvely managed poron of
an investorrsquos port olio Given the cost premium assigned to acvely managed strategies investors must
understand the fees they are paying and how they relate to the amount of acve management they
receive Acve share provides an indicaon of a managerrsquos convicon level and willingness to manage
beyond a benchmark but may not be indicave of a managerrsquos stock picking skill Simply being diff erent
from the benchmark is not enough to outperform a manager needs to be diff erent in the right ways We
recommend allocang to equity managers who exhibit exceponal skill through a repeatable process
and show strength across FEGrsquos six tenets for manager analysis convicon consistency pragmasm
investment culture risk management and acve return Though the overall tenets are qualitave in
nature there are many quantave measuresmdashlike acve share and tracking errormdashthat connue to be
valuable components of our manager due diligence process and help our clients invest with lions rather
than dogs
1 Neuman Sco ldquoZoo in China Swaps Dog for Lion Hopes No One Nocesrdquo The Two-Way Naonal Public Radio 15 Aug 20132 Max Sarah ldquoIs Your Fund Manager Acve Enoughrdquo Barronrsquos 12 Jan 2013 Online r eprint accessed 14 Jan 20133 Cremers Mar jn K J An Petajisto How Act ve Is Your Fund Manager A New Measure That Predicts Performance Internaonal Center for
Finance Yale School of Management 20094 Petajisto An Act ve Share and Mutual Fund Performance NYU Stern Sc hool of Business 20105
Russell
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DISCLOSURES
This rep ort w as prepar ed by Fund Evaluat ion Gro up LLC (FEG) a feder ally re gister ed invest ment adviser un der th e Investm ent Advi sers Ac tof 1940 as amended providing non-discretionar y and discretionary investment advice to its clients on an individual basis Registration as aninvestment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training The oral and writ ten communications of an adviser provide you with info r-mation about which you determine to hire or retain an adviser Fund Evaluation Group LLC Form ADV Part 2 A amp 2B can be obtained by writ tenrequest directly to Fund Evaluation Group LLC 201 East Fifth Street Suite 1600 Cincinnati OH 45202 Attention Compliance Department
The informat ion her ein was obtaine d from various sourc es FEG does not guaran tee the a ccurac y or com pleten ess of su ch infor mation providedby third parties The info rmation in this report is gi ven as of the date indicated and believed to be r eliable FEG assumes no obligation to updatethis information or to advise on further developments relating to it FEG it s affi liates directors o ffi cers employees employee bene1047297t pro gramsand client accounts may have a long position in any securities of issuers discussed in this report
Index performance results do not represent any managed port folio returns An investor cannot invest directly in a presented index as an invest-ment vehicle replicating an index would be required An index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses and no such fees orexpenses were deducted from the performance shown
Neither the information no r any opinion expressed in this repor t constitutes an offer or an invitation to make an offer to buy or sell any securi-ties
Any return expectations provided are not intended as and must not be regarded as a representation warranty or predication that the invest-ment will achieve any particular rate of return over any particular time period or that investors will not incur losses
Past performance is not indicative of future results
Investments in private funds are speculative involve a high degree of risk and are designed for sophisticated investors
This rep ort is prepar ed for infor mation al purpo ses onl y It does not a ddress speci1047297 c investm ent objecti ves or the 1047297nan cial situation a nd theparticular needs of any person who may receive this report
All data is as of February 28 2014 unless otherwise noted
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I ND I C E S
Barclays Capital Fixed Income Indices is an index family comprised of the Barclays Capital Aggregate Index GovernmentCorporate Bond IndexMortgage-Backed Se curities Index and Asset-Backed Securities Index Municipal Index High-Yield Index and others designed to represent thebroad 1047297xed income markets and s ectors within constraints of maturity and minimum outst anding par value See httpsecommercebarcapcomindicesindexdxml for more information
The CSFB Leverag ed Loan Index i s desig ned to mirror the inves tible u niverse of the $U S-denomi nated le verage d loan market Loans ar e adde dto the index upon issuance if they qualify according to certain criteria See wwwcredit-suissecom for more information
The Dow Jones -UBS Co mmodity IndicesSM are composed of exchange-traded commodit y futures contracts rather than physical commodities Bytracking commodity futures rather than commodit y ldquospotrdquo prices (meaning the prices quoted for immediate payment and delivery of physicalcommodities) the indexes are investable benchmarks meaning they can gener ally be replicated using futures contracts The weightings foreach commodity included in DJ-AIGCI are calculated in accordance with rules that ensure that the relative proporti on of each of the underly ingindividual commodities re1047298ects its global econo mic signi1047297cance and market liquidity
The FT SE NAREIT Comp osite Index (NAREIT Index) i ncludes only those companies that me et mini mum size liquidi ty and free 1047298 oat cri teria a s setforth by FTSE and is meant as a broad representation of publicly tr aded REIT securities in the US Relevant real estate activities are de1047297ned as theownership disposure and development of income-producing real estate See wwwftsecom Indices for more information
The HFR I Month ly Indi ces (HFRI ) are equ ally wei ghted pe rformance i ndexes compi led by Hedge Fun d Resear ch Inc (HFX) a nd are us ed bynumerous hedge fund managers as a benchmark fo r their own hedge funds The HFRI are broken down into 37 different categories by strategyincluding the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite which accounts for over 2000 funds listed on the internal HFR Database The HFRI Fund of FundsComposite Index is an equal weighted net of fee index composed of approximately 800 fund- of- funds which report to HFR See wwwhedge-fundresearchcom for more information on index construction
JP Morganrsquos Global Index Research group produces proprietary index produc ts that track emerging markets government debt and corporatedebt asset classes Some of these indices include the JPMorgan Emerging Market Bond Plus Index JPMorgan Emerging Market Local Plus IndexJPMorgan Global Bond Non-US Index and JPMorgan Global Bond No n-US Index See ww wjpmorgancom for more information
The London In terbank Offer ed Rate (L IBOR) i s a daily refere nce rate b ased on the interest r ates at w hich bank s borr ow unsec ured fu nds fro mother banks in the London wholesale money market
The Mer rill Lyn ch high yi eld indices mea sure the p erfo rmance of secur ities that pay interest i n cash and have a credit rat ing of b elow inve st-ment grade Merrill Lynch uses a composite of Fitch Ratings Moodyrsquos and Standard and Poor rsquos credit ratings in selecting bonds for these indices
These r atings m easure th e risk that the b ond issu er will f ail to pay interes t or to r epay pri ncipal i n full See w wwml com for mor e infor mation
Morgan Stanley Capital International ndash MSCI is a series of indices constructed by Morgan Stanley to help institutional investors benchmarktheir returns There are a wide r ange of indices created by Morgan Stanley covering a multitude of developed and emerging economies andeconomic sectors See wwwmorganstanleycom for more information
Russell Investments rank US common s tocks from largest to smallest market capitalization at each annual reconstitution period (May 31) Theprimary Russell Indices are de1047297ned as follows 1) the top 3000 stocks become the Russell 3000 Index 2) the largest 1000 stocks become theRussell 1000 Index 3) the smallest 800 stock s in the Russell 1000 Index become the Russell Midcap index 4) the next 2000 stock s become theRussell 2000 Index 5) the smallest 1000 in the Russell 200 0 Index plus the next smallest 1000 comprise the Russell Microcap Index See wwwrussellcom for more information
SampP 500 Index consists of 500 stock s chosen for market size liquidity and industry group representation among other factor s by the SampP IndexCommittee which is a team of analysts and economists at Standard and Poorrsquos The SampP 500 is a market-value weighted index which meanseach stockrsquos weight in the index is propo rtionate to its market value and is designed to be a leading indicator of US equities and meant tore1047298ect the riskreturn characteristics of the large cap universe See wwwstandardandpo orscom for more information
The Samp P Globa l Proper ty In dices de1047297ne and m easure th e investable univ erse of publicl y traded propert y compan ies W ith more than 450 con-stituents from more than 35 countries the index is ideal for a range of investment activities including benchmarking active funds and settingthe foundation for passive funds See wwwstandardandpoorscom for more information
Information on any indices mentioned can be obtained either through your consultant or by written request to informationfegcom
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Research Team
CHERYL A BARKER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
NOLAN M BEAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Investment Philosophy and Portfolio Construction
KEITH M BERLIN Senior Vice President Director of Global Fixed Income and Credit
CHRISTIAN S BUSKEN Senior Vice President Director of Real Assets
KEVIN J CONROY CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
GREGORY M DOWLING CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
SUSAN MAHAN FASIG CFA Managing Principal Director of Private Capital
JEFFREY D FURST CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
BRIAN A HOOPER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
GREGORY D HOUSER CFA Senior Vice President Capital Markets
JAY R JOHNSTON Research Analyst Real Assets
PETER R KISTINGER Research Analyst Real Assets
MARK KOENIG CFA Senior Vice President Director of Quantitative Analysis
J ALAN LENAHAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
DAVID L MASON CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
CHRISTOPHER M MEYER CFA Managing Principal Chief Investment Offi cer
PAUL J NEUMANN Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
MICHAEL J OrsquoCONNOR CFA Senior Research Analyst Global Fixed Income and Credit
MICHAEL J OYSTER CFA Managing Principal Portfolio Strategist
WILLIAM B PHELPS CAIA Senior Fund Operations Analyst Managed Solutions
GARY R PRICE Managing Principal Head of FEG Managed Portfolios
SAMUEL A RAGAN Research Analyst Global Equities
G SCOTT TABOR Senior Research Analyst Private Capital
DANIEL I TIRPACK Research Analyst Private Capital
NATHAN C WERNER CFA CAIA Senior Vice President Private Capital
RYAN S WHEELER CAIA Director of Fund Operations Managed Solutions
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Conclusion
We believe that opportunies exist for managers with unique strategies and competencies to add value
to a port olio beyond that of a purely passive representaon of the market Though acve share is not
a tool that can predict returns in an absolute sense research has demonstrated that managers with
high acve share have greater opportunies for outperformance As one would expect deviaons fromthe benchmark can introduce risk so manager selecon is crical in the acvely managed poron of
an investorrsquos port olio Given the cost premium assigned to acvely managed strategies investors must
understand the fees they are paying and how they relate to the amount of acve management they
receive Acve share provides an indicaon of a managerrsquos convicon level and willingness to manage
beyond a benchmark but may not be indicave of a managerrsquos stock picking skill Simply being diff erent
from the benchmark is not enough to outperform a manager needs to be diff erent in the right ways We
recommend allocang to equity managers who exhibit exceponal skill through a repeatable process
and show strength across FEGrsquos six tenets for manager analysis convicon consistency pragmasm
investment culture risk management and acve return Though the overall tenets are qualitave in
nature there are many quantave measuresmdashlike acve share and tracking errormdashthat connue to be
valuable components of our manager due diligence process and help our clients invest with lions rather
than dogs
1 Neuman Sco ldquoZoo in China Swaps Dog for Lion Hopes No One Nocesrdquo The Two-Way Naonal Public Radio 15 Aug 20132 Max Sarah ldquoIs Your Fund Manager Acve Enoughrdquo Barronrsquos 12 Jan 2013 Online r eprint accessed 14 Jan 20133 Cremers Mar jn K J An Petajisto How Act ve Is Your Fund Manager A New Measure That Predicts Performance Internaonal Center for
Finance Yale School of Management 20094 Petajisto An Act ve Share and Mutual Fund Performance NYU Stern Sc hool of Business 20105
Russell
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DISCLOSURES
This rep ort w as prepar ed by Fund Evaluat ion Gro up LLC (FEG) a feder ally re gister ed invest ment adviser un der th e Investm ent Advi sers Ac tof 1940 as amended providing non-discretionar y and discretionary investment advice to its clients on an individual basis Registration as aninvestment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training The oral and writ ten communications of an adviser provide you with info r-mation about which you determine to hire or retain an adviser Fund Evaluation Group LLC Form ADV Part 2 A amp 2B can be obtained by writ tenrequest directly to Fund Evaluation Group LLC 201 East Fifth Street Suite 1600 Cincinnati OH 45202 Attention Compliance Department
The informat ion her ein was obtaine d from various sourc es FEG does not guaran tee the a ccurac y or com pleten ess of su ch infor mation providedby third parties The info rmation in this report is gi ven as of the date indicated and believed to be r eliable FEG assumes no obligation to updatethis information or to advise on further developments relating to it FEG it s affi liates directors o ffi cers employees employee bene1047297t pro gramsand client accounts may have a long position in any securities of issuers discussed in this report
Index performance results do not represent any managed port folio returns An investor cannot invest directly in a presented index as an invest-ment vehicle replicating an index would be required An index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses and no such fees orexpenses were deducted from the performance shown
Neither the information no r any opinion expressed in this repor t constitutes an offer or an invitation to make an offer to buy or sell any securi-ties
Any return expectations provided are not intended as and must not be regarded as a representation warranty or predication that the invest-ment will achieve any particular rate of return over any particular time period or that investors will not incur losses
Past performance is not indicative of future results
Investments in private funds are speculative involve a high degree of risk and are designed for sophisticated investors
This rep ort is prepar ed for infor mation al purpo ses onl y It does not a ddress speci1047297 c investm ent objecti ves or the 1047297nan cial situation a nd theparticular needs of any person who may receive this report
All data is as of February 28 2014 unless otherwise noted
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
I ND I C E S
Barclays Capital Fixed Income Indices is an index family comprised of the Barclays Capital Aggregate Index GovernmentCorporate Bond IndexMortgage-Backed Se curities Index and Asset-Backed Securities Index Municipal Index High-Yield Index and others designed to represent thebroad 1047297xed income markets and s ectors within constraints of maturity and minimum outst anding par value See httpsecommercebarcapcomindicesindexdxml for more information
The CSFB Leverag ed Loan Index i s desig ned to mirror the inves tible u niverse of the $U S-denomi nated le verage d loan market Loans ar e adde dto the index upon issuance if they qualify according to certain criteria See wwwcredit-suissecom for more information
The Dow Jones -UBS Co mmodity IndicesSM are composed of exchange-traded commodit y futures contracts rather than physical commodities Bytracking commodity futures rather than commodit y ldquospotrdquo prices (meaning the prices quoted for immediate payment and delivery of physicalcommodities) the indexes are investable benchmarks meaning they can gener ally be replicated using futures contracts The weightings foreach commodity included in DJ-AIGCI are calculated in accordance with rules that ensure that the relative proporti on of each of the underly ingindividual commodities re1047298ects its global econo mic signi1047297cance and market liquidity
The FT SE NAREIT Comp osite Index (NAREIT Index) i ncludes only those companies that me et mini mum size liquidi ty and free 1047298 oat cri teria a s setforth by FTSE and is meant as a broad representation of publicly tr aded REIT securities in the US Relevant real estate activities are de1047297ned as theownership disposure and development of income-producing real estate See wwwftsecom Indices for more information
The HFR I Month ly Indi ces (HFRI ) are equ ally wei ghted pe rformance i ndexes compi led by Hedge Fun d Resear ch Inc (HFX) a nd are us ed bynumerous hedge fund managers as a benchmark fo r their own hedge funds The HFRI are broken down into 37 different categories by strategyincluding the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite which accounts for over 2000 funds listed on the internal HFR Database The HFRI Fund of FundsComposite Index is an equal weighted net of fee index composed of approximately 800 fund- of- funds which report to HFR See wwwhedge-fundresearchcom for more information on index construction
JP Morganrsquos Global Index Research group produces proprietary index produc ts that track emerging markets government debt and corporatedebt asset classes Some of these indices include the JPMorgan Emerging Market Bond Plus Index JPMorgan Emerging Market Local Plus IndexJPMorgan Global Bond Non-US Index and JPMorgan Global Bond No n-US Index See ww wjpmorgancom for more information
The London In terbank Offer ed Rate (L IBOR) i s a daily refere nce rate b ased on the interest r ates at w hich bank s borr ow unsec ured fu nds fro mother banks in the London wholesale money market
The Mer rill Lyn ch high yi eld indices mea sure the p erfo rmance of secur ities that pay interest i n cash and have a credit rat ing of b elow inve st-ment grade Merrill Lynch uses a composite of Fitch Ratings Moodyrsquos and Standard and Poor rsquos credit ratings in selecting bonds for these indices
These r atings m easure th e risk that the b ond issu er will f ail to pay interes t or to r epay pri ncipal i n full See w wwml com for mor e infor mation
Morgan Stanley Capital International ndash MSCI is a series of indices constructed by Morgan Stanley to help institutional investors benchmarktheir returns There are a wide r ange of indices created by Morgan Stanley covering a multitude of developed and emerging economies andeconomic sectors See wwwmorganstanleycom for more information
Russell Investments rank US common s tocks from largest to smallest market capitalization at each annual reconstitution period (May 31) Theprimary Russell Indices are de1047297ned as follows 1) the top 3000 stocks become the Russell 3000 Index 2) the largest 1000 stocks become theRussell 1000 Index 3) the smallest 800 stock s in the Russell 1000 Index become the Russell Midcap index 4) the next 2000 stock s become theRussell 2000 Index 5) the smallest 1000 in the Russell 200 0 Index plus the next smallest 1000 comprise the Russell Microcap Index See wwwrussellcom for more information
SampP 500 Index consists of 500 stock s chosen for market size liquidity and industry group representation among other factor s by the SampP IndexCommittee which is a team of analysts and economists at Standard and Poorrsquos The SampP 500 is a market-value weighted index which meanseach stockrsquos weight in the index is propo rtionate to its market value and is designed to be a leading indicator of US equities and meant tore1047298ect the riskreturn characteristics of the large cap universe See wwwstandardandpo orscom for more information
The Samp P Globa l Proper ty In dices de1047297ne and m easure th e investable univ erse of publicl y traded propert y compan ies W ith more than 450 con-stituents from more than 35 countries the index is ideal for a range of investment activities including benchmarking active funds and settingthe foundation for passive funds See wwwstandardandpoorscom for more information
Information on any indices mentioned can be obtained either through your consultant or by written request to informationfegcom
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Fund Evaluation Group LLC 201 East Fifth St Suite 1600 Cincinnati Ohio 45202 P 5139774400 F 5139774430 w wwfegcom
Research Team
CHERYL A BARKER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
NOLAN M BEAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Investment Philosophy and Portfolio Construction
KEITH M BERLIN Senior Vice President Director of Global Fixed Income and Credit
CHRISTIAN S BUSKEN Senior Vice President Director of Real Assets
KEVIN J CONROY CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
GREGORY M DOWLING CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
SUSAN MAHAN FASIG CFA Managing Principal Director of Private Capital
JEFFREY D FURST CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
BRIAN A HOOPER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
GREGORY D HOUSER CFA Senior Vice President Capital Markets
JAY R JOHNSTON Research Analyst Real Assets
PETER R KISTINGER Research Analyst Real Assets
MARK KOENIG CFA Senior Vice President Director of Quantitative Analysis
J ALAN LENAHAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
DAVID L MASON CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
CHRISTOPHER M MEYER CFA Managing Principal Chief Investment Offi cer
PAUL J NEUMANN Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
MICHAEL J OrsquoCONNOR CFA Senior Research Analyst Global Fixed Income and Credit
MICHAEL J OYSTER CFA Managing Principal Portfolio Strategist
WILLIAM B PHELPS CAIA Senior Fund Operations Analyst Managed Solutions
GARY R PRICE Managing Principal Head of FEG Managed Portfolios
SAMUEL A RAGAN Research Analyst Global Equities
G SCOTT TABOR Senior Research Analyst Private Capital
DANIEL I TIRPACK Research Analyst Private Capital
NATHAN C WERNER CFA CAIA Senior Vice President Private Capital
RYAN S WHEELER CAIA Director of Fund Operations Managed Solutions
8202019 022014FTBDogsversusLions
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DISCLOSURES
This rep ort w as prepar ed by Fund Evaluat ion Gro up LLC (FEG) a feder ally re gister ed invest ment adviser un der th e Investm ent Advi sers Ac tof 1940 as amended providing non-discretionar y and discretionary investment advice to its clients on an individual basis Registration as aninvestment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training The oral and writ ten communications of an adviser provide you with info r-mation about which you determine to hire or retain an adviser Fund Evaluation Group LLC Form ADV Part 2 A amp 2B can be obtained by writ tenrequest directly to Fund Evaluation Group LLC 201 East Fifth Street Suite 1600 Cincinnati OH 45202 Attention Compliance Department
The informat ion her ein was obtaine d from various sourc es FEG does not guaran tee the a ccurac y or com pleten ess of su ch infor mation providedby third parties The info rmation in this report is gi ven as of the date indicated and believed to be r eliable FEG assumes no obligation to updatethis information or to advise on further developments relating to it FEG it s affi liates directors o ffi cers employees employee bene1047297t pro gramsand client accounts may have a long position in any securities of issuers discussed in this report
Index performance results do not represent any managed port folio returns An investor cannot invest directly in a presented index as an invest-ment vehicle replicating an index would be required An index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses and no such fees orexpenses were deducted from the performance shown
Neither the information no r any opinion expressed in this repor t constitutes an offer or an invitation to make an offer to buy or sell any securi-ties
Any return expectations provided are not intended as and must not be regarded as a representation warranty or predication that the invest-ment will achieve any particular rate of return over any particular time period or that investors will not incur losses
Past performance is not indicative of future results
Investments in private funds are speculative involve a high degree of risk and are designed for sophisticated investors
This rep ort is prepar ed for infor mation al purpo ses onl y It does not a ddress speci1047297 c investm ent objecti ves or the 1047297nan cial situation a nd theparticular needs of any person who may receive this report
All data is as of February 28 2014 unless otherwise noted
8202019 022014FTBDogsversusLions
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FO CUS T O PI C B RI E F A PRI L 2 0 1 4
I ND I C E S
Barclays Capital Fixed Income Indices is an index family comprised of the Barclays Capital Aggregate Index GovernmentCorporate Bond IndexMortgage-Backed Se curities Index and Asset-Backed Securities Index Municipal Index High-Yield Index and others designed to represent thebroad 1047297xed income markets and s ectors within constraints of maturity and minimum outst anding par value See httpsecommercebarcapcomindicesindexdxml for more information
The CSFB Leverag ed Loan Index i s desig ned to mirror the inves tible u niverse of the $U S-denomi nated le verage d loan market Loans ar e adde dto the index upon issuance if they qualify according to certain criteria See wwwcredit-suissecom for more information
The Dow Jones -UBS Co mmodity IndicesSM are composed of exchange-traded commodit y futures contracts rather than physical commodities Bytracking commodity futures rather than commodit y ldquospotrdquo prices (meaning the prices quoted for immediate payment and delivery of physicalcommodities) the indexes are investable benchmarks meaning they can gener ally be replicated using futures contracts The weightings foreach commodity included in DJ-AIGCI are calculated in accordance with rules that ensure that the relative proporti on of each of the underly ingindividual commodities re1047298ects its global econo mic signi1047297cance and market liquidity
The FT SE NAREIT Comp osite Index (NAREIT Index) i ncludes only those companies that me et mini mum size liquidi ty and free 1047298 oat cri teria a s setforth by FTSE and is meant as a broad representation of publicly tr aded REIT securities in the US Relevant real estate activities are de1047297ned as theownership disposure and development of income-producing real estate See wwwftsecom Indices for more information
The HFR I Month ly Indi ces (HFRI ) are equ ally wei ghted pe rformance i ndexes compi led by Hedge Fun d Resear ch Inc (HFX) a nd are us ed bynumerous hedge fund managers as a benchmark fo r their own hedge funds The HFRI are broken down into 37 different categories by strategyincluding the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite which accounts for over 2000 funds listed on the internal HFR Database The HFRI Fund of FundsComposite Index is an equal weighted net of fee index composed of approximately 800 fund- of- funds which report to HFR See wwwhedge-fundresearchcom for more information on index construction
JP Morganrsquos Global Index Research group produces proprietary index produc ts that track emerging markets government debt and corporatedebt asset classes Some of these indices include the JPMorgan Emerging Market Bond Plus Index JPMorgan Emerging Market Local Plus IndexJPMorgan Global Bond Non-US Index and JPMorgan Global Bond No n-US Index See ww wjpmorgancom for more information
The London In terbank Offer ed Rate (L IBOR) i s a daily refere nce rate b ased on the interest r ates at w hich bank s borr ow unsec ured fu nds fro mother banks in the London wholesale money market
The Mer rill Lyn ch high yi eld indices mea sure the p erfo rmance of secur ities that pay interest i n cash and have a credit rat ing of b elow inve st-ment grade Merrill Lynch uses a composite of Fitch Ratings Moodyrsquos and Standard and Poor rsquos credit ratings in selecting bonds for these indices
These r atings m easure th e risk that the b ond issu er will f ail to pay interes t or to r epay pri ncipal i n full See w wwml com for mor e infor mation
Morgan Stanley Capital International ndash MSCI is a series of indices constructed by Morgan Stanley to help institutional investors benchmarktheir returns There are a wide r ange of indices created by Morgan Stanley covering a multitude of developed and emerging economies andeconomic sectors See wwwmorganstanleycom for more information
Russell Investments rank US common s tocks from largest to smallest market capitalization at each annual reconstitution period (May 31) Theprimary Russell Indices are de1047297ned as follows 1) the top 3000 stocks become the Russell 3000 Index 2) the largest 1000 stocks become theRussell 1000 Index 3) the smallest 800 stock s in the Russell 1000 Index become the Russell Midcap index 4) the next 2000 stock s become theRussell 2000 Index 5) the smallest 1000 in the Russell 200 0 Index plus the next smallest 1000 comprise the Russell Microcap Index See wwwrussellcom for more information
SampP 500 Index consists of 500 stock s chosen for market size liquidity and industry group representation among other factor s by the SampP IndexCommittee which is a team of analysts and economists at Standard and Poorrsquos The SampP 500 is a market-value weighted index which meanseach stockrsquos weight in the index is propo rtionate to its market value and is designed to be a leading indicator of US equities and meant tore1047298ect the riskreturn characteristics of the large cap universe See wwwstandardandpo orscom for more information
The Samp P Globa l Proper ty In dices de1047297ne and m easure th e investable univ erse of publicl y traded propert y compan ies W ith more than 450 con-stituents from more than 35 countries the index is ideal for a range of investment activities including benchmarking active funds and settingthe foundation for passive funds See wwwstandardandpoorscom for more information
Information on any indices mentioned can be obtained either through your consultant or by written request to informationfegcom
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Research Team
CHERYL A BARKER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
NOLAN M BEAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Investment Philosophy and Portfolio Construction
KEITH M BERLIN Senior Vice President Director of Global Fixed Income and Credit
CHRISTIAN S BUSKEN Senior Vice President Director of Real Assets
KEVIN J CONROY CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
GREGORY M DOWLING CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
SUSAN MAHAN FASIG CFA Managing Principal Director of Private Capital
JEFFREY D FURST CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
BRIAN A HOOPER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
GREGORY D HOUSER CFA Senior Vice President Capital Markets
JAY R JOHNSTON Research Analyst Real Assets
PETER R KISTINGER Research Analyst Real Assets
MARK KOENIG CFA Senior Vice President Director of Quantitative Analysis
J ALAN LENAHAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
DAVID L MASON CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
CHRISTOPHER M MEYER CFA Managing Principal Chief Investment Offi cer
PAUL J NEUMANN Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
MICHAEL J OrsquoCONNOR CFA Senior Research Analyst Global Fixed Income and Credit
MICHAEL J OYSTER CFA Managing Principal Portfolio Strategist
WILLIAM B PHELPS CAIA Senior Fund Operations Analyst Managed Solutions
GARY R PRICE Managing Principal Head of FEG Managed Portfolios
SAMUEL A RAGAN Research Analyst Global Equities
G SCOTT TABOR Senior Research Analyst Private Capital
DANIEL I TIRPACK Research Analyst Private Capital
NATHAN C WERNER CFA CAIA Senior Vice President Private Capital
RYAN S WHEELER CAIA Director of Fund Operations Managed Solutions
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I ND I C E S
Barclays Capital Fixed Income Indices is an index family comprised of the Barclays Capital Aggregate Index GovernmentCorporate Bond IndexMortgage-Backed Se curities Index and Asset-Backed Securities Index Municipal Index High-Yield Index and others designed to represent thebroad 1047297xed income markets and s ectors within constraints of maturity and minimum outst anding par value See httpsecommercebarcapcomindicesindexdxml for more information
The CSFB Leverag ed Loan Index i s desig ned to mirror the inves tible u niverse of the $U S-denomi nated le verage d loan market Loans ar e adde dto the index upon issuance if they qualify according to certain criteria See wwwcredit-suissecom for more information
The Dow Jones -UBS Co mmodity IndicesSM are composed of exchange-traded commodit y futures contracts rather than physical commodities Bytracking commodity futures rather than commodit y ldquospotrdquo prices (meaning the prices quoted for immediate payment and delivery of physicalcommodities) the indexes are investable benchmarks meaning they can gener ally be replicated using futures contracts The weightings foreach commodity included in DJ-AIGCI are calculated in accordance with rules that ensure that the relative proporti on of each of the underly ingindividual commodities re1047298ects its global econo mic signi1047297cance and market liquidity
The FT SE NAREIT Comp osite Index (NAREIT Index) i ncludes only those companies that me et mini mum size liquidi ty and free 1047298 oat cri teria a s setforth by FTSE and is meant as a broad representation of publicly tr aded REIT securities in the US Relevant real estate activities are de1047297ned as theownership disposure and development of income-producing real estate See wwwftsecom Indices for more information
The HFR I Month ly Indi ces (HFRI ) are equ ally wei ghted pe rformance i ndexes compi led by Hedge Fun d Resear ch Inc (HFX) a nd are us ed bynumerous hedge fund managers as a benchmark fo r their own hedge funds The HFRI are broken down into 37 different categories by strategyincluding the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite which accounts for over 2000 funds listed on the internal HFR Database The HFRI Fund of FundsComposite Index is an equal weighted net of fee index composed of approximately 800 fund- of- funds which report to HFR See wwwhedge-fundresearchcom for more information on index construction
JP Morganrsquos Global Index Research group produces proprietary index produc ts that track emerging markets government debt and corporatedebt asset classes Some of these indices include the JPMorgan Emerging Market Bond Plus Index JPMorgan Emerging Market Local Plus IndexJPMorgan Global Bond Non-US Index and JPMorgan Global Bond No n-US Index See ww wjpmorgancom for more information
The London In terbank Offer ed Rate (L IBOR) i s a daily refere nce rate b ased on the interest r ates at w hich bank s borr ow unsec ured fu nds fro mother banks in the London wholesale money market
The Mer rill Lyn ch high yi eld indices mea sure the p erfo rmance of secur ities that pay interest i n cash and have a credit rat ing of b elow inve st-ment grade Merrill Lynch uses a composite of Fitch Ratings Moodyrsquos and Standard and Poor rsquos credit ratings in selecting bonds for these indices
These r atings m easure th e risk that the b ond issu er will f ail to pay interes t or to r epay pri ncipal i n full See w wwml com for mor e infor mation
Morgan Stanley Capital International ndash MSCI is a series of indices constructed by Morgan Stanley to help institutional investors benchmarktheir returns There are a wide r ange of indices created by Morgan Stanley covering a multitude of developed and emerging economies andeconomic sectors See wwwmorganstanleycom for more information
Russell Investments rank US common s tocks from largest to smallest market capitalization at each annual reconstitution period (May 31) Theprimary Russell Indices are de1047297ned as follows 1) the top 3000 stocks become the Russell 3000 Index 2) the largest 1000 stocks become theRussell 1000 Index 3) the smallest 800 stock s in the Russell 1000 Index become the Russell Midcap index 4) the next 2000 stock s become theRussell 2000 Index 5) the smallest 1000 in the Russell 200 0 Index plus the next smallest 1000 comprise the Russell Microcap Index See wwwrussellcom for more information
SampP 500 Index consists of 500 stock s chosen for market size liquidity and industry group representation among other factor s by the SampP IndexCommittee which is a team of analysts and economists at Standard and Poorrsquos The SampP 500 is a market-value weighted index which meanseach stockrsquos weight in the index is propo rtionate to its market value and is designed to be a leading indicator of US equities and meant tore1047298ect the riskreturn characteristics of the large cap universe See wwwstandardandpo orscom for more information
The Samp P Globa l Proper ty In dices de1047297ne and m easure th e investable univ erse of publicl y traded propert y compan ies W ith more than 450 con-stituents from more than 35 countries the index is ideal for a range of investment activities including benchmarking active funds and settingthe foundation for passive funds See wwwstandardandpoorscom for more information
Information on any indices mentioned can be obtained either through your consultant or by written request to informationfegcom
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Fund Evaluation Group LLC 201 East Fifth St Suite 1600 Cincinnati Ohio 45202 P 5139774400 F 5139774430 w wwfegcom
Research Team
CHERYL A BARKER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
NOLAN M BEAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Investment Philosophy and Portfolio Construction
KEITH M BERLIN Senior Vice President Director of Global Fixed Income and Credit
CHRISTIAN S BUSKEN Senior Vice President Director of Real Assets
KEVIN J CONROY CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
GREGORY M DOWLING CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
SUSAN MAHAN FASIG CFA Managing Principal Director of Private Capital
JEFFREY D FURST CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
BRIAN A HOOPER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
GREGORY D HOUSER CFA Senior Vice President Capital Markets
JAY R JOHNSTON Research Analyst Real Assets
PETER R KISTINGER Research Analyst Real Assets
MARK KOENIG CFA Senior Vice President Director of Quantitative Analysis
J ALAN LENAHAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
DAVID L MASON CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
CHRISTOPHER M MEYER CFA Managing Principal Chief Investment Offi cer
PAUL J NEUMANN Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
MICHAEL J OrsquoCONNOR CFA Senior Research Analyst Global Fixed Income and Credit
MICHAEL J OYSTER CFA Managing Principal Portfolio Strategist
WILLIAM B PHELPS CAIA Senior Fund Operations Analyst Managed Solutions
GARY R PRICE Managing Principal Head of FEG Managed Portfolios
SAMUEL A RAGAN Research Analyst Global Equities
G SCOTT TABOR Senior Research Analyst Private Capital
DANIEL I TIRPACK Research Analyst Private Capital
NATHAN C WERNER CFA CAIA Senior Vice President Private Capital
RYAN S WHEELER CAIA Director of Fund Operations Managed Solutions
8202019 022014FTBDogsversusLions
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Fund Evaluation Group LLC 201 East Fifth St Suite 1600 Cincinnati Ohio 45202 P 5139774400 F 5139774430 w wwfegcom
Research Team
CHERYL A BARKER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
NOLAN M BEAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Investment Philosophy and Portfolio Construction
KEITH M BERLIN Senior Vice President Director of Global Fixed Income and Credit
CHRISTIAN S BUSKEN Senior Vice President Director of Real Assets
KEVIN J CONROY CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
GREGORY M DOWLING CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
SUSAN MAHAN FASIG CFA Managing Principal Director of Private Capital
JEFFREY D FURST CFA CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
BRIAN A HOOPER Senior Research Analyst Global Equities
GREGORY D HOUSER CFA Senior Vice President Capital Markets
JAY R JOHNSTON Research Analyst Real Assets
PETER R KISTINGER Research Analyst Real Assets
MARK KOENIG CFA Senior Vice President Director of Quantitative Analysis
J ALAN LENAHAN CFA CAIA Managing Principal Director of Hedged Strategies
DAVID L MASON CAIA Senior Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
CHRISTOPHER M MEYER CFA Managing Principal Chief Investment Offi cer
PAUL J NEUMANN Research Analyst Hedged Strategies
MICHAEL J OrsquoCONNOR CFA Senior Research Analyst Global Fixed Income and Credit
MICHAEL J OYSTER CFA Managing Principal Portfolio Strategist
WILLIAM B PHELPS CAIA Senior Fund Operations Analyst Managed Solutions
GARY R PRICE Managing Principal Head of FEG Managed Portfolios
SAMUEL A RAGAN Research Analyst Global Equities
G SCOTT TABOR Senior Research Analyst Private Capital
DANIEL I TIRPACK Research Analyst Private Capital
NATHAN C WERNER CFA CAIA Senior Vice President Private Capital
RYAN S WHEELER CAIA Director of Fund Operations Managed Solutions