Fees on the firm's open-end and exchange-traded funds are a weakness, contributing negatively to the rating and creating a larger performance hurdle on funds. On average, Liberty Street charges fees on its funds that are in the highest quintile of similarly distributed funds. With the current market environment of fee compression, this is cause for concern, as investors may flock over time to alternate asset managers to get a better deal. With an average asset-weighted tenure of six years among the longest-tenured managers at Liberty Street, the firm is on par with peers. Seasoned teams tend to have more experience to draw upon should they need to weather turbulent market conditions. The product lineup at Liberty Street has exhibited exemplary durability when looked at over the past three years. Notably, its three-year risk-adjusted success ratio stands at 67%, meaning that 67% of its products have survived and beaten their respective category median on a risk-adjusted basis.
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