Scientific Beta
EDHEC-Risk Smart Beta Day Europe 2016 will be taking place in Amsterdam on 13 October, 2016. This one-day conference is organised by EDHEC-Risk Institute, an academic research centre, in partnership with ERI Scientific Beta for the benefit of institutional investors, to present and discuss the research carried out by EDHEC-Risk Institute. The conference will enable participants to gain access to the latest conceptual advances and research results in smart beta investing and to discuss their implications and applications with researchers who combine expertise of advanced financial techniques with a sound awareness of their industry relevance.
EDHEC-Risk Smart Beta Day Europe 2016 will be taking place at the Intercontinental Amstelin Amsterdam on 13 October, 2016.
This one-day conference is organised by EDHEC-Risk Institute, an academic research centre, in partnership with ERI Scientific Beta for the benefit of institutional investors, to present and discuss the research carried out by EDHEC-Risk Institute.
The conference will enable participants to gain access to the latest conceptual advances and research results in smart beta investing and to discuss their implications and applications with researchers who combine expertise of advanced financial techniques with a sound awareness of their industry relevance.
The conference will include multiple plenary sessions addressing the following themes:
- Beyond low volatility and minimum volatility strategies, reconciling multi-factor diversification and defensive solutions
- Smart beta investing: what can we learn from academic research?
- Does smart beta deliver what it promises? Live performance and robustness of smart beta strategies
- Smart beta and low carbon investing: when reconciling performance and stringent environmental constraints becomes possible
- Is factor crowding a real issue?
- All value indices are not created equal: why, in the last few years, have some value indices outperformed the market?
- Factor investing and emerging markets: does it work?
The conference is by invitation only and is reserved for asset owners. For further information, please contact joanne.finlay@edhec-risk.com.