What is meant by benchmark return?

Last Updated on 23, March 2014

A "benchmark" is the how a fund manager is judged against. It is often a market index such as S&P500, STI or MSCI World index, etc. If a fund manager can consistently outperform the index, it means the fund manager is good otherwise the investor is better off investing in the benchmark itself using index funds.

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