US dollar-denominated indices reveal a significant disparity between the performance delivered to discretionary private clients by different investment managers, which highlights the need to ensure manager selection is made to measure, says Graham Harrison of Asset Risk Consultants
Following on from the success of the Sterling Private Client Indices, a US dollar-denominated PCI series was launched in March with 20 founder data contributors providing historical performance data for the four-year period commencing December 2003. As with their sterling counterparts, the indices are based on real performance numbers delivered to discretionary private clients by participating investment managers. The indices provide an accurate reflection of the actual returns that a private client should expect for a given risk appetite. They leave investment managers free to use any an...
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