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Pushing smart beta further

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From www.top1000funds.com - May 30, 2013 8:39 AM

The rise of smart beta has just got another boost thanks to a study commissioned by Norway’s ministry of finance for its Government Pension Fund Global. It asked index provider MSCI to look into the feasibility of running smart beta strategies for large portfolios. Very few institutions with the size of GPFG’s $400-billion equity portfolio have implemented smart beta strategies yet, mostly because of challenges around investability or liquidity. MSCI, which has around $40 billion benchmarked against its various risk premia, or smart beta, indicies, explored the feasibility of investing a hypothetical portfolio of $100 billion and found that large assets can successfully run on these indices without liquidity worries.

 

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Credit Suisse Says Gold Going Below $1,100

Credit Suisse Says Gold Going Below $1,100 | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From www.indexuniverse.com - May 28, 2013 10:45 AM
The investment bank, fine-tuning an earlier bearish call on gold, sees steeper price declines than it first foresaw.
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May 28, 2013 1:32 AM
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Towers Watson stages a fund-of-funds rethink - Financial News

Towers Watson stages a fund-of-funds rethink - Financial News | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From www.efinancialnews.com - May 27, 2013 7:07 PM
Financial News Towers Watson stages a fund-of-funds rethink Financial News The new fund of funds will make big allocations to smart beta, which are relatively inexpensive passive strategies that aim to capture particular market characteristics,...
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Daily Equity Report - Post details: “Smart Beta” Tracking Funds

Daily Equity Report - Post details: “Smart Beta” Tracking Funds | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From blog.sharenet.co.za - May 14, 2013 5:04 AM
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 ...
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Is the Smart Beta Revolution Forever? - CAMRADATA Articles

Is the Smart Beta Revolution Forever? - CAMRADATA Articles | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From www.camradata.com - May 14, 2013 9:31 AM
A quiet revolution has been taking place in active management.
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May 13, 2013 8:25 AM
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Potential cures for the passive dilemma - Financial Times

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From www.ft.com - April 12, 2013 11:47 AM
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...
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Here's another way to build equity indexes - Pensions & Investments

Here's another way to build equity indexes - Pensions & Investments | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From www.pionline.com - April 15, 2013 12:13 AM
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...
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Risk Factors 0.0 - aiCIO

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From www.ai-cio.com - April 28, 2013 11:38 PM
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,"...
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EDHEC-Risk Institute launches multi-strategy platform for smart beta investing

EDHEC-Risk Institute launches multi-strategy platform for smart beta investing | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From www.hedgeweek.com - April 30, 2013 2:07 AM
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EDHEC-Risk Institute has launched its smart beta index design and production activity, ERI Scientific Beta.
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Dividends Rise, But Devil’s In The Details

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From www.indexuniverse.com - April 11, 2013 11:14 AM
Dividend payments are rising, but the improving payout outlook is still in a post-crash mode, S&P says.
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Smart Beta Reduces Equity Dependence, Towers Watson Investment Experts Suggest | EON: Enhanced Online News

From eon.businesswire.com - March 27, 2013 9:10 AM
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
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Smart Beta Investing Now More Attractive To Pension Funds? - ValueWalk

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From www.valuewalk.com - April 5, 2013 9:12 AM
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.
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The Definitive Guide To MLP ETFs & ETNs

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From www.indexuniverse.com - March 18, 2013 12:07 PM
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.
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Currency-Hedged ETFs: Too Many, Too Fast

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From www.indexuniverse.com - May 28, 2013 8:15 AM
Are all the currency-hedged ETFs now in the regulatory pipeline headed for success or oblivion?
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ETFs "dangerous" for Asia investors: Aberdeen - Asian Investor (subscription)

ETFs "dangerous" for Asia investors: Aberdeen - Asian Investor (subscription) | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From www.asianinvestor.net - May 27, 2013 7:04 PM
ETFs "dangerous" for Asia investors: Aberdeen Asian Investor (subscription) Arnaud Mounier, Asia chief investment officer at insurer Axa, is more optimistic on smart beta, noting that Axa's asset management arm launched smart-beta indices earlier...
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May 26, 2013 4:22 PM
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Portfolio Volatility of Swensen Seven, Smart Beta vs Simple Recipe

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From howtoinvestonline.blogspot.com - May 24, 2013 3:54 PM
Let's now see how two other portfolios we proposed back in March - the Swensen Seven and the Smart Beta - fare compared to the Simple Recipe. We have compiled the following comparison table using the InvestSpy.com ...
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Can alpha be a market beater? - Money Marketing

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From www.moneymarketing.co.uk - May 16, 2013 1:01 PM
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.
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S&P Launches Low-Volatility South Korea Index

S&P Launches Low-Volatility South Korea Index | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From www.indexuniverse.com - May 13, 2013 3:30 PM
S&P Dow Jones Indices launches a low-volatility riff on indexed exposure to South Korean companies.
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What is smart beta?

From www.youtube.com - April 12, 2013 4:45 AM
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
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May 13, 2013 8:21 AM
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Beat the market with 'smart beta' - MoneyWeek

Beat the market with 'smart beta' - MoneyWeek | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From www.moneyweek.com - April 16, 2013 6:00 AM
Beat the market with 'smart beta'
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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.
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David Stevenson on smart beta ETFs

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From www.etfstrategy.co.uk - April 29, 2013 9:22 PM
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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.
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Beware the Pitfalls of Low Volatility ETFs - Morningstar

Beware the Pitfalls of Low Volatility ETFs - Morningstar | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From www.morningstar.co.uk - May 7, 2013 2:03 AM
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The past couple of years have seen a proliferation of smart beta ETFs.
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Towers Watson claims smart beta reduces equity dependence - Opalesque

Towers Watson claims smart beta reduces equity dependence - Opalesque | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From www.opalesque.com - March 27, 2013 6:20 AM
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...
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"Smart beta" investing may lure pension funds to equity - Reuters UK

"Smart beta" investing may lure pension funds to equity - Reuters UK | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From uk.reuters.com - April 5, 2013 4:42 AM
ValueWalk "Smart beta" investing may lure pension funds to equity Reuters UK Smart beta is half way between active and passive investing.
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Smart Beta Gains Momentum • Systematic Relative Strength ...

Smart Beta Gains Momentum • Systematic Relative Strength ... | Smart Beta & Enhanced Indices | Scoop.it
From systematicrelativestrength.com - April 8, 2013 11:00 AM
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 ...
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