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Mixed-gender investment management teams outpace male-only ones

Teams including both genders consistently outperform male-only investment managers, according to a 2015 Morningstar study.

By Laura Colby | Updated on September 15, 2016
Equity funds managed by mixed teams ranked higher than those run by either gender alone over 3, 5 and 10 years. (Photo: Getty)

(Bloomberg) — Many investors say they don’t consider gender when picking a team to manage their money. Maybe they should.

A new report by the CFA Institute, which represents 135,000 asset managers globally, found that only about 30 percent of retail and institutional investors think that mixed-gender teams produce better performance than those staffed only by men.

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