A IS CORRECT. THE ABILITY OF THE FUND MANAGER TO ACCURATELY FORECAS...

9. A is correct. The ability of the fund manager to accurately forecast active returns is measured

by the information coefficient. The IC is found as the correlation between risk-adjusted

active return expectation and risk-adjusted realized active returns:

Risk weighted forecasts [E (R

A

)/σ] R

A

Manager 1 Manager 2 Manager 3 Realized

Descon 0.13 0.27 0.13 0.40

Huda 0.06 0.15 0.24 0.12

JJ 0.31 0.08 0.38 0.31

IC 0.461 0.454 (0.248)

Manager 1 has the highest IC. Section 4.1. LO.c.