Scientific Beta

Benefits and Pensions Monitor: "‘Investor Interest in and Requirements for Smart Beta ETFs’ found that, when asked about their list of top priorities for future product development in the ETF space, smart beta ETFs dominate the list of top items mentioned by investors."

Benefits and Pensions Monitor 09/07/2015

"(...) Most investment professionals who have invested in smart beta ETFs are pleased overall, with 74 per cent declaring they are satisfied with them, says a survey by EDHEC-Risk Institute conducted as part of its Amundi ETF & Indexing research chair on ‘ETF and Passive Investment Strategies.’ ‘Investor Interest in and Requirements for Smart Beta ETFs’ found that, when asked about their list of top priorities for future product development in the ETF space, smart beta ETFs dominate the list of top items mentioned by investors. In fact, among investors’ six biggest priorities, four concern indices relating to smart beta approaches, namely smart beta equity (37 per cent), equity factor (31 per cent), equity style (29 per cent), and smart beta bond (25 per cent). The survey shows that a considerable share of investors still have concerns about these types of products, with lack of transparency being a major concern. (...)"