Smart Beta – Page 2
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NewsAsset management roundup: Survey predicts ESG-related ETF boom
Plus: Old Mutual splits asset management business; HFR launches 40 smart beta benchmarks
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Asset management roundup: China Post debuts A-shares smart beta ETF
Also: LGIM expands ESG multi-asset range for defined contribution schemes
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Varma expands risk-factor strategies in ‘challenging environment’
Finnish pensions giant extends action to dampen equities correlation
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NewsAP2 creates ESG-led multi-factor equity indices for €10bn portfolio
Swedish national pensions buffer fund achieves 9.1% return for 2017
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NewsPension fund seeks Swiss equity factor investing fund via IPE Quest
Swiss pension fund is looking to allocate CHF350m
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NewsERI Scientific Beta criticises Mercer factor investing report
Consultant tells IPE it ‘respectfully disagrees’ with factor investing group’s analysis
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The challenges facing asset managers in 2018
Moody’s believes the outlook for providers is stable – but some big challenges remain
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Asset management roundup: LP, GP competition for assets 'at peak'
Plus: $1trn now in systematic strategies, banks’ fees drop but asset managers’ steady
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TOBAM seeks to bring Bitcoin to institutional investors
French asset manager launches unregulated mutual fund for the ground-breaking cryptocurrency
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‘Factor indices can be dangerous’, consultancy warns
Mercer cautious on index approaches but positive on active multi-factor strategies
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Smart beta allocations to rise by a quarter in 3 years: Invesco
Low interest rate environment has it made it tough for many investors to achieve low-risk returns
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Investor mandates target EM, Asia as US interest slumps: bfinance
ESG seen as increasingly relevant to emerging market equity management
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Asset owners seek to bring factor investing in-house: survey
Risk and return concerns ranked above costs when allocating to factor-based strategies
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Moody's: Goldman Sachs takes ETF price war to smart beta
Sub-10bp management fee on smart beta ETF a blow to traditional active managers’ thinking
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Boots Pension Scheme backs Legal & General multi-factor fund
Global equity portfolio based on indices designed by EDHEC Risk Institute’s Scientific Beta
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Interview: RobecoSAM CEO on ESG’s ‘unprecedented transformation’
Aris Prepoudis on the increasing demand for quantitative investing combined with environmental, social, and governance factors
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IPE 360: Pension funds and managers 'have to know why they are winning'
Pension fund researcher and quant manager agree better information exchange is the way forward in active management
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NewsNew research 'quantifies' long-term investment premium
Accessing the benefits of long-term investing will require a major shift in mindset, expanded skills
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NewsSmart beta products facing transparency problems, investors say
Information about data-mining risk most difficult to obtain, according to EDHEC-Risk Institute poll
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NewsJoseph Mariathasan: Strategy selection vs manager selection
Picking the right approach to global equities can prove more valuable to selecting managers
