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Performance attribution for equity portfolios.

Yang Lu yang.lu2014 at gmail.com

David Kane dave.kane at gmail.com

Many portfolio managers measure performance with reference to a benchmark. The difference in return between a portfolio and its benchmark is the active return of the portfolio. Portfolio managers and their clients want to know what explains active return. Performance attribution decomposes the active return. The two most common approaches are the Brinson-Hood-Beebower model and a regression-based analysis.