《推动公募基金高质量发展行动方案》点评：公募基金未来需要重视的三条路径

1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - On May 7th, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) released the "Action Plan for Promoting the High - quality Development of Public Offering Funds", which is of milestone significance in the asset management industry. The plan proposes seven major aspects and 25 specific measures to promote the high - quality development of the public offering fund industry [2][7]. - The "Action Plan" has four major impacts on the public offering fund industry: different management fees among fund companies in the same echelon; exploration of performance comparison benchmarks and how to outperform them; emphasis on "investor profit and loss"; and focus on market opportunities for medium - low volatility products with equity and asset - allocation products [2]. - There are three paths that public offering funds need to focus on in the future: determining the appropriate tracking error for active equity funds, improving the investor profit - and - loss situation through a performance - based assessment system, and exploring investment strategies for medium - low volatility products with equity and asset - allocation products [2]. 3. Summary According to the Directory 3.1 The Four Major Impacts of the "Action Plan" on the Public Offering Fund Industry - Management Fee Differences: The "Action Plan" establishes a floating management fee collection mechanism linked to fund performance. In the future, there may be significant differences in management fees among fund companies in the same echelon, and second - echelon companies may charge higher fees than first - echelon ones [2][8]. - Performance Comparison Benchmark: The plan strengthens the binding effect of performance comparison benchmarks. The setting, modification, disclosure, and evaluation of benchmarks will be regulated. The concentration of benchmarks will enhance index Beta and reduce volatility. Attention to conventional SmartBeta indices will increase significantly. Active investment will become more passive, rule - based, and disciplined [2][9][10]. - Investor Profit and Loss: The "investor profit and loss situation" will be highly emphasized. Two directions are recommended: reducing product volatility and increasing the Sharpe ratio, and gradually shifting to an investment - advisory sales model [2][12]. - Market Opportunities: In addition to equity products, attention should be paid to market opportunities for medium - low volatility products with equity (such as fixed - income + funds) and asset - allocation products (such as FOF) [2][12]. 3.2 Three Paths that Public Offering Funds Need to Focus on in the Future 3.2.1 Appropriate Tracking Error for Active Equity Funds - Historical data on the proportion of active equity funds outperforming or underperforming the benchmark has little reference value due to the lack of emphasis on benchmarks in the past. The ratio of outperforming or underperforming is accidental and cannot predict the future [13][14]. - Enlarging the tracking error is a double - edged sword. Reducing the tracking error can improve the winning rate and safeguard the lower limit of excess returns. An 8% tracking error is an effective control indicator. When the tracking error is below 8%, the proportion of underperforming the benchmark by more than 10% decreases significantly [20]. 3.2.2 Improving Investor Profit and Loss through a Performance - Based Assessment System - Low - Volatility Products: Products with lower volatility result in lower investor return losses and stronger sense of gain [24]. - High - Sharpe - Ratio Products: Products with a high Sharpe ratio generally have stronger value - creation ability. Fund companies and investors can achieve a win - win situation by emphasizing the Sharpe ratio in product management [26]. - Investment - Advisory Sales Model: Fund managers and sales platforms should break the current hot - topic - chasing sales model and adopt an investment - advisory sales model [29]. 3.2.3 Investment Strategies for Medium - Low Volatility Products with Equity and Asset - Allocation Products - Multi - level Fixed - Income + Strategy Matrix: To address the structural differentiation in the demand side of the fixed - income + market, leading institutions are accelerating the construction of a multi - level fixed - income + strategy matrix, including asset - allocation, growth - oriented, dividend - based, quantitative, low - volatility, high - elasticity, stock - bond matching, multi - asset multi - strategy, small - cap stock strategy, and ETF - based fixed - income + strategies [32][33]. - FOF Strategy Transformation: FOF products are focusing on strategic transformation to release the effectiveness of asset allocation. Since 2024, the allocation ratio of QDII, commodities, and alternative assets in FOF has increased significantly. The TREE Long - Term Growth Plan, a one - stop asset - allocation solution jointly developed by China Merchants Bank's wealth management team and public offering fund management institutions, is widely recognized by the market. The FOF products included in the plan attracted a total of 19.515 billion yuan in the first quarter of 2025 [41][44][48].