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Reflections for Five Years of Global Leaders

Brown Advisory

Mick Dillon and Bertie Thomson, portfolio managers of the strategy, are keenly aware of the events that have disrupted markets over the last five years, yet equally aware of the risk to the portfolio if they let those events distract them from their research and investment decisions. 6th Edition, 2015. “We

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Reflections for Five Years of Global Leaders

Brown Advisory

Mick Dillon and Bertie Thomson, portfolio managers of the strategy, are keenly aware of the events that have disrupted markets over the last five years, yet equally aware of the risk to the portfolio if they let those events distract them from their research and investment decisions. We call this the win-win.”.

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Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

Brown Advisory

The academic thesis that equity managers as a whole will approximately equal overall market returns is followed by a corollary: Some managers will outperform for periods of time, but it is impossible to predict which manager will deliver favorable results, or when they will do so—in other words, outperformance (alpha) is random.

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Investment Perspectives - The Great Debate

Brown Advisory

The academic thesis that equity managers as a whole will approximately equal overall market returns is followed by a corollary: Some managers will outperform for periods of time, but it is impossible to predict which manager will deliver favorable results, or when they will do so—in other words, outperformance (alpha) is random.

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ESG and the Stock-­Picker’s Dilemma

Brown Advisory

Of the 20 academic studies referenced, half reported a positive effect of ESG factors on portfolio performance, three reported negative effects, and the rest were neutral. Some want to achieve impact; others want to align their portfolio with their values; others simply want to gather better information to drive better decisions.

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ESG and the Stock-­Picker’s Dilemma

Brown Advisory

Of the 20 academic studies referenced, half reported a positive effect of ESG factors on portfolio performance, three reported negative effects, and the rest were neutral. Some want to achieve impact; others want to align their portfolio with their values; others simply want to gather better information to drive better decisions.

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Transcript: Luis Berruga, Global X ETFs

The Big Picture

And I did the math, and I think at that point in time, roughly speaking, assets in ETS were roughly just 10 percent, 12 percent of assets in mutual funds and I was pretty convinced that that number was to increase significantly. I was employee number 10. RITHOLTZ: Which is really a pretty big number. billion dollars in AUM.

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