The partnership will combine ERI Scientific Beta’s expertise in the design of smart beta indices and Amundi’s know-how in index replication and ETF construction and will involve the construction of smart beta passive investment solutions and their promotion to a broad institutional client base.
Amundi, one of the world’s leading asset managers, and ERI Scientific Beta, the smart beta index provider, have announced today a strategic partnership that will combine ERI Scientific Beta’s expertise in the design of smart beta indices and Amundi’s know-how in index replication and ETF construction.
The partnership will involve the construction of smart beta passive investment solutions and their promotion to a broad institutional client base.
Valérie Baudson, Global Head of ETF & Indexing at Amundi, said, "Providing our institutional clients with the most innovative and proven solutions have been two of the watchwords that have seen the successful development of Amundi ETF & Indexing business over the past years. By partnering with ERI Scientific Beta we will be able to build on this approach by offering our clients efficient indexed managed solutions including the very latest in smart beta index construction expertise."
Amundi and ERI Scientific Beta will be jointly organising a series of seminars in Europe between April and May 2014 to present the benefits of the multi smart beta concept and its implementation using Amundi’s ETF & Indexing capabilities.