Which Investment Vehicles Will Prosper? Active or Passive?Which Investment Vehicles Will Prosper? Active or Passive?
June 14, 2012
Our friend Brad Hintz, financial services analyst at Bernstein Research (and a great guy who says Sallie Krawcheck "saved" his life by hiring him to Bernstein --- otherwise he would have perished in the World Trade Centers) says:
Our report attempts to dimension the severity of the threat from passive management. We estimate passives will continue to grow faster than the industry for a time but reject extreme predictions of the demise of active management.
We forecast a 7% nominal CAGR for U.S. institutional passive equity, a 16% CAGR for non-U.S. institutional passive equity, a 14% CAGR for U.S. passive retail; a 15% CAGR for ETFs; and a 9% CAGR for passive equity mutual funds.
Firms in our coverage group with the greatest exposure to passives are BlackRock (56% of total AUM) and Invesco (16%), but do not view that in itself as an investable thesis. Franklin Resources (Outperform, $145 PT) remains our highest conviction idea.
