Morningstar Rating Analysis of European Investment Funds Q2 2016

Morningstar Rating Analysis of European Investment Funds tager pulsen på stjerne-ratingen på tværs af europæiske kapitalforvaltere og lande.

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The Morningstar European Rating Analysis of Investment Funds is designed to compare managed fund ranges across asset managers and domiciles in Europe by aggregating their Morningstar ratings. The research format is calculated on a quarterly basis. It provides a quantitative assessment of the risk-adjusted return of all Europeandomiciled open-end funds and ETFs carrying a Morningstar rating.

The Morningstar European Rating Analysis of Investment Funds aggregates the rankings by providers by brand name) and domiciles and thus provides a useful insight into the strengths and weaknesses of fund ranges. It is, however, not designed as a forward-looking tool and does not indicate the future positioning of asset managers or fund domiciles. This follows the line that the Morningstar rating is intended for use as the first step in the fund evaluation process.

For one, the Morningstar Rating Analysis of European Investment Funds provides a ranking by arithmetic, averaging the overall Morningstar ratings of asset managers and domiciles. It also delivers an asset-weighted ranking of asset managers and European-domiciled funds. The arithmetic ranking sorts by average Overall Morningstar Rating, the asset-weighted ranking also shows the percentage of assets sitting in 4- and 5-Star rated funds of all rated assets.

The ranking by average overall Morningstar rating and the asset-weighted ranking both have their merits. The ranking by average overall Morningstar rating mirrors the average quality of the overall fund range, given that all funds are weighted equally. The asset-weighted ranking gives a realistic assessment of the fields of an asset manager’s weakness and strength, in light of how investors allocated assets between available investment options within the fund range.

The Morningstar European Rating Analysis of Investment Funds includes all European-domiciled open-ended funds and exchange traded products with a Morningstar rating. This implies that funds belonging to several broad categories are excluded since they are not eligible for a Morningstar rating. This includes alternative funds, money market funds, directly invested property funds, and commodity funds/ETPs.

The Morningstar European Rating Analysis of Investment Funds includes five tables updated quarterly.

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Nikolaj Holdt Mikkelsen, CFA

Nikolaj Holdt Mikkelsen, CFA  

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