The roles assumed by investment managers, consultants and index providers in the evaluation of smart beta vary depending on AUM tiers of asset owners. According to its third annual global ...

Adoption of smart beta has spread to over half of asset owners globally, according to a new survey of allocators by FTSE Russell. Out of 178 retirement plans, endowments, foundations, and other ...

Most investors chase returns and ignore risk. Learn how to use beta, volatility targeting, and tail-risk hedges to build an ...

Perhaps it’s fair to say by now that smart beta—or strategic beta, if you will—has gone from fad to bona fide trend, particularly based on numbers released Wednesday by ETFGI showing that global ...

With investors almost euphoric in their love of index funds, it seems that every active manager is looking to smart-beta, or factor, investments as the antidote. But Goldman Sachs Asset Management is ...

LONDON —October 31, 2019 — ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reported today that equity-based Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs ...

ETFGI, an independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs and ETPs ecosystem, reports assets invested in Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a record US$1.22 ...

ETFGI, an independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETFs/ETPs ecosystem, reports record assets and net inflows for Smart Beta ETFs and ETPs listed globally of US$1.24 ...

January 2017 has ended having 1,208 smart beta equity ETFs/ETPs, with 2,034 listings, assets of $534 Bn, from 150 providers listed on 37 exchanges in 32 countries. Smart beta equity ETFs/ETPs gathered ...