Scientific Beta

ETF Express: "Global X Funds’ suite of four Scientific Beta ETFs have all outperformed their market cap-weighted benchmarks, with lower realised volatility, since their launch on 12 May, 2015. Of the four geographic regions, the Global X Scientific Beta Japan fund demonstrated the most outperformance, beating the MSCI Japan Index by over 11 per cent since the fund's inception."

ETF Express 19/05/2016

"(...) Global X Funds’ suite of four Scientific Beta ETFs have all outperformed their market cap-weighted benchmarks, with lower realised volatility, since their launch on 12 May, 2015. Of the four geographic regions, the Global X Scientific Beta Japan fund demonstrated the most outperformance, beating the MSCI Japan Index by over 11 per cent since the fund's inception. "One year in, we're pleased to say that these academically-driven funds have made a mark, with all four outperforming their benchmarks with less volatility," says Jay Jacobs, director of research of Global X. The ETFs, tracking the EDHEC-Risk Institute's Scientific Beta Indexes, provide core equity exposure to the US, Europe, Japan, and Asia ex-Japan. The funds seek to outperform market cap-weighted indexes and mitigate unrewarded risks at lower fees than most actively managed funds. (...)"