More than half of Australian active equity fund managers failed to beat the market in the first six months of the year. Global equity funds and real estate investment trust funds were particularly underwhelming.P Global’s semi-annual scorecard rating the performance of Australia’s active managers. It shows 55 per cent of general equity funds lagged the 4.5 per cent gain in the ASX 200 index.
“In markets where inefficiencies exist or where information is not immediately reflected in prices, active managers can exploit these opportunities to potentially generate excess returns,” he said.“Skilled active managers can use their expertise to navigate bear markets more effectively. However, this success is not guaranteed, and not all active managers can consistently outperform,” he said.
The performance of global equity funds offered in Australia relative to the index has been particularly poor, with just one in ten funds managing to beat SBut investors in international stocks can take some comfort that active managers were able to beat the performance of the S&“This may have created a tailwind for domestic active managers looking overseas for excess returns, along with a corresponding higher hurdle for international equity managers, which perhaps helped to explain the 74...
The report said small and mid-cap funds gained 3.7 per cent on average but 5.1 per cent on an asset-weighted basis, compared to 3 per cent in the index.