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Globally there is an increase in index tracking unit trusts (also known as mutual funds). According to Morningstar's latest global flow report, passive products captured 41% of estimated net flows – USD 355 billion – worldwide ...
A quiet revolution has been taking place in active management.
Potential cures for the passive dilemma Financial Times I didn't offer you any suggestions for funds that do this last week, but the good news is that there are increasing numbers around (the key words to look for are fundamental trackers or smart...
Pensions & Investments Here's another way to build equity indexes Pensions & Investments During the same period, however, most of the virtual monkeys failed to consistently outperform smart beta indexes, particularly low-volatility and...
aiCIO Risk Factors 0.0 aiCIO While many begin with the ontological view that asset classes are an amalgam of risk factors, the essence of risk factors remains unclear, obfuscated by terms like "risk premium," "risk factor," "beta," "smart beta,"...
ETF Strategy EDHEC-Risk Institute launches multi-strategy platform for smart beta investing HedgeWeek EDHEC-Risk Institute has launched its smart beta index design and production activity, ERI Scientific Beta.
Dividend payments are rising, but the improving payout outlook is still in a post-crash mode, S&P says.
Smart beta is an ideal way for investors to access the best aspects of market diversity at modest cost and governance, according to an article in Glob (Smart Beta Reduces Equity Dependence, Towers Watson Investment Experts Suggest
ValueWalk Smart Beta Investing Now More Attractive To Pension Funds? ValueWalk Smart Beta, a more refined index-style investment strategy, is becoming more popular to some investors because of low interest or market returns.
In the growing world of MLP exchange-traded products, 11 ETNs and six ETFs create a lot of choices and a need to get a lot of questions answered.
Barclays looks to launch a more focused MLP ETN this week, making it the second MLP ETN the firm has launched in 2013.
Can a fund that doesn’t hold any stocks or bonds produce consistent income?
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Money Marketing Can alpha be a market beater? Money Marketing “This can be through tactical and dynamic blending of tracker components or through 'smart beta' techniques.
S&P Dow Jones Indices launches a low-volatility riff on indexed exposure to South Korean companies.
The latest hot buzz phrase doing the rounds in fund management is "smart beta". Tim Bennett explains what it is and what it means ...youtube.com
Beat the market with 'smart beta' MoneyWeek Last week I wrote about how traditional passive investing isn't quite the perfect solution to the problems inherent in our efforts to make long-term returns that some like to think.
ETF Strategy David Stevenson on smart beta ETFs ETF Strategy Smart beta is a term that seems to have suddenly emerged out of nowhere to describe the rise of a new form of 'passive' investing.
Morningstar Beware the Pitfalls of Low Volatility ETFs Morningstar The past couple of years have seen a proliferation of smart beta ETFs.
Towers Watson's annual review of investment trends suggests that smart beta can reduce equity dependence (Towers Watson claims smart beta reduces equity dependence: Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London: The latest iss...
ValueWalk "Smart beta" investing may lure pension funds to equity Reuters UK Smart beta is half way between active and passive investing.
Often called “Smart Beta”, one approach aims to follow certain benchmark indices passively but allow investors to tilt weightings themselves based on their preferences such as volatility or momentum, allowing them ...
EDHEC-Risk proposes new approach to smart beta investing Opalesque Opalesque Industry Update- In research published today entitled, “Smart Beta 2.0,” EDHEC-Risk Institute is seeking to draw the attention of investors to the risks of traditional...
Edhec to lift lid on smart beta indices Financial News Edhec-Risk Institute plans to take a significant step in its campaign for greater transparency in the index industry by offering for free the methodology and composition of a variety of...
The secret about ETF expense ratios is that, well, they can seem like a secret.
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