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Drivers that Combine Beta and Alpha Effectively in Portfolios
Presented by Ash Rajan, Merrill Lynch, Global Private Client, October 2, 2007, at IMCA’s 2007 Fall Professional Development Conference in Chicago, IL.

NOTE—this podcast does not qualify for continuing education credit.

The age-old debate of active versus passive, beta versus alpha, is no longer an either/or decision. There are a host of drivers such as risk budgeting, information ratio hurdles, manager skill and information advantage, efficient versus inefficient markets, and portfolio duration that influence the inclusion of active managers and passive ETF/indices in a portfolio.

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