Active return - Financial definition
Concise definition of the term active return
Active return, sometimes also called total attribution, is the component of a portfolio's performance that arises from the fact that the portfolio is actively managed.
Comprehensive definition of the term active return
It can be described as the difference between the portfolio's return and the return of its selected benchmark, e.g. if a portfolio's return is 5%, and the benchmark's return is 3%, then the portfolio's active return would be 2%.