Active management has been taking its lumps as of late. This has been subtly on display both on stage and off at the advisor-friendly Morningstar conference as for the last three years a growing passive voice and the increasingly polite reception to the “smart beta” concept that was at first harshly criticized. Even in these advisor friendly confines, it can be argued the passive voice has been growing. Enter Morgan Stanley’s Equity Analyst Michael Cyprys. He sees a continued widening of the performance gap among active managers, but thinks the fear of the passive trend has extended past its reality….
Morgan Stanley Tells Active Managers Adapt Or Die
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.