by Nicolas Rabener | May 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Emerging Market Funds: Same, Same, but Different? Divergent factor exposures May 2023. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. This research article was originally published at ETFÂ Stream. SUMMARY Emerging markets offer divergent factor exposures across and...
by Nicolas Rabener | Apr 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Portfolio Allocations vs Risk Contributions What’s driving my portfolio? April 2023. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Most investors analyze investment products based on their holdings However, holdings often misportray of what is...
by Nicolas Rabener | Apr 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Alpha Games: Technology Funds And the winners are… April 2023. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY US tech funds underperformed their benchmark indices by 4% between 2018 and 2022 The factor contributions were marginal This resulted in...
by Nicolas Rabener | Sep 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sector vs Factor-based Benchmark Selection Same, same, but different? September 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYManager-selected benchmarks are suboptimal as they are not free of conflict of interestsInvestors can use sectors to...
by Nicolas Rabener | Sep 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, which is the Fairest Benchmark of them All? Manager versus factor-based benchmark selection September 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYEvaluating manager performance is difficult as it requires an appropriate...