Measuring and interpreting performance is central to all economic activity. Attributing performance results to underlying drivers is not easy. The capacity to identify investment skill while discarding luck’s role is an important pre-requisite for investment success. In this Take 15, Bruce Tomlinson, CFA, draws upon his extensive experience as an alternative assets manager to provide an overview of qualitative and quantitative techniques asset owners can use to screen for superior performance.

The Take 15 Series is a series of short interviews with leading practitioners on timely topics focused on the investment profession.