Europe – vs equal weighted benchmark 176
Global – Additional information 177
Global – sector & region OW/UW 178
Global – special evaluations* 179
North America & Europe – Additional information 180
SHORT 181
Model description 181
Who should consider the model? 181
Main characteristics of the model 181
History of changes 181
Global – vs equal weighted benchmark 183
North America – vs equal weighted benchmark 184
Europe – vs equal weighted benchmark 185
Global: Additional information 186
Global – sector & region over-/underweights 187
Global – special evaluations* 188
Additional information – Europe & North America 189
Statistic Bull/Bear 190
Model description 190
Who should consider the model? 190
Main characteristics of the model 191
History of changes 191
Global (Bull) – vs equal weighted benchmark 192
North America (Bull) – vs equal weighted benchmark 193
Europe (Bull) – vs equal weighted benchmark 194
Japan (Bull) – vs equal weighted benchmark 195
Asia/Pacific ex Japan (Bull) – vs equal weighted
benchmark 196
Emerging Markets (Bull) – vs equal weighted benchmark197
Global (Bear) – vs equal weighted benchmark 198
North America (Bear) – vs equal weighted benchmark 199
Europe (Bear) – vs equal weighted benchmark 200
Japan (Bear) – vs equal weighted benchmark 201
Asia/Pacific ex Japan (Bear) – vs equal weighted
benchmark 202
Emerging Markets (Bear) – vs equal weighted benchmark203
Global (Bull) – sector & region over-/underweights 204
Global (Bull) – special evaluations* 205
Global (Bull) – Additional information 206
Global (Bear) – sector & region over-/underweights 207
Global (Bear) – special evaluations* 208
Global (Bear) – Additional information 209
Universal Alpha 210
Model description 210
Who should consider the model? 210
Main characteristics of the model 211
History of introductions 211
Factors included 211
Global – vs equal weighted benchmark 216
North America – vs equal weighted benchmark 217
Europe – vs equal weighted benchmark 218
Japan– vs equal weighted benchmark 219
Asia/Pacific ex Japan – vs equal weighted benchmark 220
Performance attribution – average monthly relative
performance 221
Stock turnover and turnover reduction strategies 222
Active sector positions top 10% vs market –
historical average 223
Median market cap 224
Global – sector & region OW/UW 225
Global – special evaluations* 226
Regional Emerging Markets
models 227
Model description 227
Who should consider the model? 227
Main characteristics of the model 227
History of introduction 227
Global – vs equal weighted benchmark 229
Emerging Asia– vs equal weighted benchmark 230
CEEMEA ex MENA– vs equal weighted benchmark 231
Latin America – vs equal weighted benchmark 232
MENA – vs equal weighted benchmark 233
Performance attribution – average monthly relative
performance 234
Stock turnover and turnover reduction strategies 235
Active sector positions top 10% vs market –
historical average 236
Median market cap 237
Global – sector & region over-/underweights 238
Global – special evaluations* 239
Liquidity Rating 240
The case for a liquidity rating 240
Different liquidity measures combined in one
single rating 240
Liquidity measures included 240
Scoring and Output 241
Data 241
Bid-Ask / Volume (Median) 241
High-Low / Volume (Median) 242
Bid-Ask / Volume (Skew) 242
High-Low / Volume (Skew) 243
Shares traded / outstanding number of shares 243
Macro Sensitivity Tracker 245
Why tracking the macro scenarios 245
What do we offer? 245
A snapshot of Methodology 251
What do we plan to offer in 2012? 251
Methodology in detail 253
Portfolio Analytics Tool
(PAT) 3.0 259
Introduction: What is a PAT 259
A quick review of PAT 2.0 259
Advances in the PAT 3.0 260
Default regional benchmark 261
Global instead of regional scores 263
Coverage of North American Mid-caps 264
Screenshots of four reports of Portfolio Analytics Tool 264
Flexible Client Tools (1) Style
Strategy Tools 271
Flexible style strategy platform – the global version 271
Flexible style strategy platform – the GEM version 275
Methodology 278
Flexible Client Tools (2) Model
Composer 282
The rationale of global version 282
What is new? 282
The tool at a glance 283
The ‘Model Composer’ panel 283
The ‘Customize View’ panel 284
Screening output 285
Flexible Client Tools (3)
Flexible Model Screener 289
The tool at a glance 289
Methodology of model
building 293
General philosophy 293
Important decisions to take regarding factor and score
calculation 294
Stock and factor universes 294
Selection of factors 294
Factor weightings: Monte Carlo optimisation 295
Adjustment factors – in a nutshell 297
Model calculation 300
Detailed back-testing 301
Frequency of adjustments to factor and weightings of model 301
Factor strategies evaluation 306
What do we calculate? 306
Calculation process 306
Aggregation to factor group return spreads 307
How to use this data? 307
FAQs of our clients 339
General questions about the use of our products
and services 339
Choosing the right product 340
Methodology 341
Style Cycle Model 343
Appendix 1: Yearly Model
Performance Data 344
Appendix 2: factor/factor
group definitions 429
Single factor definition 429
Disclosure appendix 438
Disclaimer 440