Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Benefits of Active Management

Pimco outline their view of the benefits of active management.

Pimco link

PIMCO has identified three specific reasons why active management strategies are likely to produce higher returns than passive strategies, with limited changes to overall portfolio risk:


Bond Market Inefficiencies: Inefficiencies in the bond market, often the result of restrictions on passive strategies, provide both structural and tactical opportunities to generate returns that should exceed those of benchmark indices.


Diverse Sources of Added Value: Active managers with extensive resources and expertise across all sectors of the market can identify many small and diverse sources of added value, which should boost returns on a consistent basis without significantly altering risk levels. This philosophy is embedded in PIMCO's approach to core active management.


Passive Management Limitations: Passive strategies often sacrifice return because of restrictions on the securities they can invest in, while a structural tilt toward higher-yielding issues can add unexpected risks that most passive managers lack the resources to evaluate"



Specifically, they talk about looking for
1) Term premiums
2) Liquidity premiums
3) Volatility premiums
4) Credit premiums

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