There are both ex ante expected and ex post observed information ratios.
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Top-quartile investment managers typically achieve annualized information ratios of about one-half.
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A better measure of the alpha produced by the manager is the Geometric Information Ratio.
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The information ratio is often annualized.
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One of the main criticisms of the Information Ratio is that it considers arithmetic returns and ignores leverage.
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This can lead to the Information Ratio calculated for a manager being negative when the manager produces alpha to the benchmark and vice versa.
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The information ratio is a more general form of the Sharpe ratio in which the risk-free asset is replaced by a benchmark portfolio.
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The higher the information ratio, the higher the active return of the portfolio, given the amount of risk taken, and the better the manager.
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Generally, the information ratio compares the returns of the manager's portfolio with those of a benchmark such as the yield on three-month Treasury bills or an equity index such as the S & P 500.
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The goal of the V2 Ratio is to improve on existing and popular measures of risk-adjusted return, such as the Sharpe ratio, Information ratio or Sterling ratio by taking into account the psychological impact of investment performances.