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How Do Performance Measures Perform?

The relevance of the information ratio and the alpha, two leading performance measures for multi-index models, depends on the type of portfolio held by investors. This paper compares these measures with the generalized treynor ratio (GTR) on the quality of the rankings they produce. A precise measure yields similar rankings with alternative benchmarks. A revisited version of this paper was published in the Summer 2007 issue of the Journal of Portfolio Management.

Author(s):

Georges Hübner

Summary:

The relevance of the information ratio and the alpha, two leading performance measures for multi-index models, depends on the type of portfolio held by investors. This paper compares these measures with the generalized treynor ratio (GTR) on the quality of the rankings they produce. A precise measure yields similar rankings with alternative benchmarks. A revisited version of this paper was published in the Summer 2007 issue of the Journal of Portfolio Management.

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Type : Working paper
Date : 03/05/2007
Keywords :

Performance Measurement