High active share managers may perform 'like lambs'

Stephanie Baxter
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Using active share to measure a manager's ability to outperform could be detrimental for schemes, according to Hermes Investment Management.

In a white paper published today, the asset manager warned that active share does not give a complete picture of a fund's ability to generate excess returns over a benchmark. It said managers with ...

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