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UBS on active management: myth busters?

By Rolf on 1 November 2017

It has again been a very long time since my last post. Sorry again. But I have now decided that it might be fun to get involved in the ongoing discussion over the merits of active management, particularly since so much of it is self-serving nonsense — incidentally on both sides. UBS has now weighed […]

Posted in Active/passive management, Essays | Tagged Alpha, Market efficiency, Small caps | 4 Responses

Low beta anomaly – some early evidence

By Rolf on 28 September 2012

Some of my readers have expressed the view that I am occasionally unnecessarily harsh in my posts. However, it is very unlikely that this post will elicit such a response since it is taking a rather critical look at the entrails of my own dissertation. While that was obviously a very long time ago, what […]

Posted in Oldies | Tagged Anomalies, Asset pricing, Small caps

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Rolf Banz spent his career in the investment industry in the US, the UK and, most recently, in Switzerland. To older people, he is known as the "father of the small firm effect". This weblog consists of a series of essays and shorter pieces on a range of issues at the intersection of institutional investment and investment theory. Please see this post for a description of the objectives of the weblog and the About page for further information on the author and the site.

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