Small-Cap Advantage - How Top Endowments and Foundations Turn Small Stocks Into Big Returns

Informationen zum Autor BRIAN T. BARES, CFA, is a research analyst with Bares Capital Management, Inc. He founded the firm in 2000 with the belief that concentrated portfolios of inefficiently priced small companies could lead to high relative compounding. His firm manages the institutional portfolios of small-cap and micro-cap common stocks in long-only, replicated separate accounts. Mr. Bares began his career by working his way up from the bottom. From compliance and operations, to trading and portfolio management, he garnered experience in nearly all aspects of running a boutique small-cap management company before starting his own company. He graduated from the University of Nebraska with a degree in mathematics. His investment philosophy and strategy have been profiled in Value Investor Insight and the Manual of Ideas: Portfolio Manager's Review. Mr. Bares holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of Austin. He resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife and two sons. Klappentext The historical returns of small-cap stocks have exceeded those of mid-cap and large-cap stocks over long time periods. The additional return experienced by small-cap investors has occurred despite inherent disadvantages in the asset class. The excess return available from small-cap stocks can help large foundations, endowments, and other similar institutional investors overcome the drag of inflation and the drain of annual spending. These institutional investors are in a unique position to fund new and often untested managers who are in the best position to benefit from the return premium of small-cap stocks and from the relative lack of professional participation in the space. The Small-Cap Advantage: How Top Endowments and Foundations Turn Small Stocks into Big Returns is a must-have book for aspiring and existing small-cap managers and the institutions that would hire them. It is an insider's account of institutional small-cap investing. The book details the investment, fundraising, and operational challenges encountered by small-cap managers. It also: Describes the evaluation issues encountered by institutions in their small-cap manager due diligence Reveals why small-cap stocks are a fertile hunting ground for investors seeking high returns over long time periods Details how top foundations, endowments, and other institutional investors can procure exposure to small-cap stocks through allocations to specialist managers Explores the reasons for small company outperformance and reveals how returns can be further enhanced through the careful avoidance of problem companies Explains why the small-cap space is ideal for active management and why passive indexing may not be an optimal strategy for this asset class The Small-Cap Advantage helps aspiring small-cap managers understand the state of the institutional investment management industry. It debunks the notion that small-cap managers who lack long track records or high levels of assets under management are undeserving of institutional funding. It explains the fundraising process for aspiring small-cap managers and how they can handle many of the challenges that come with successfully increasing strategy assets. The Small-Cap Advantage provides endowment-model institutions with a deeper understanding of the unique issues faced by specialist boutique managers who focus on the small-cap space. It will also assist institutional due diligence teams in their evaluation of small-cap managers. Zusammenfassung A world-renowned money manager shares winning strategies for small-stock investingSince forming Bares Capital Management, Inc. in 2000, Brian Bares has shown that above average returns can be generated through the careful selection of small company common stocks. Additionally, he's shown how concentrating capital in a handful of ideas improves the potential ...

List of contents

Introduction.
 
Acknowledgments.
 
Chapter 1 The Small-Cap Advantage.
 
Two Sources of Outperformance.
 
Small-Cap Definitions.
 
The Outperformance of Small-Cap Stocks.
 
Outperformance within the Small-Cap Space.
 
Chapter Summary.
 
Chapter 2 Small-Cap Disadvantages.
 
Research.
 
Trading.
 
The Small-Cap Graveyard and Reverse Survivorship Bias.
 
Capping Assets.
 
Chapter Summary.
 
Chapter 3 Small-Cap Investment Philosophy and Process.
 
Institutional Approach.
 
Passive and Enhanced Indexing in Small-Cap Stocks.
 
Active Management in Small-Cap Stocks.
 
Chapter Summary.
 
Chapter 4 Small-Cap Manager Organization.
 
Creating Value for the Manager.
 
Launching a Small-Cap Firm.
 
Investment Team.
 
Chapter Summary.
 
Chapter 5 The Fundraising Process.
 
General Marketing Strategy.
 
Institutional Clients.
 
Foundations and Endowments.
 
Consulting Firms.
 
Pension Plans.
 
High Net-Worth Individuals.
 
Wrap Fee and other Sub-Advisory Relationships.
 
Databases.
 
Third-Party Marketers.
 
The Chicken-and-Egg Problem.
 
Chapter Summary.
 
Chapter 6 Fees, Agency Issues, and Other Performance Drags.
 
Common Performance Drags.
 
Frictional Costs in Small Caps.
 
Institution-Manager Agency Issues.
 
Agency Issues in Trading.
 
Benchmark Tyranny.
 
Commingled and Separate Accounts.
 
Chapter Summary.
 
Chapter 7 Small-Cap Managers and the Endowment Model.
 
The Endowment-Model Approach to Small Caps.
 
Finding an Edge.
 
Funding Smaller Managers.
 
Funding Emerging Managers.
 
Finding Emerging Managers.
 
Chapter Summary.
 
Chapter 8 Evaluating Small-Cap Managers.
 

Institutional Due Diligence Teams.
 
Assessing Manager Risk.
 
Assessing Investment Philosophy.
 
Analyzing a Manager's Process.
 
Evaluating Firm Principals.
 
Assessing Manager Operations.
 
Contributions and Withdrawals.
 
Chapter Summary.
 
Final Thoughts.
 
Notes.
 
About the Author.
 
Index.

Product details

• Authors: BARES, B Bares, Brian Bares, Brian T. Bares, Bares Brian
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2011
• EAN: 9780470615768
• ISBN: 978-0-470-61576-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Wiley Finance; Wiley Finance Editions; The Wiley Finance Series; Wiley Finance; Wiley Finance Editions
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Kapitalanlage, Finance & Investments, Finanz- u. Anlagewesen, Kapitalanlagen u. Wertpapiere, Investments & Securities