Scientific Beta

ETF Express: "ETF Securities (ETFS) has launched two new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) based on Scientific Beta’s multi-factor, multi-strategy indices. The new ETFs are the ETFS Diversified-Factor US Large Cap Index Fund (SBUS) and the ETFS Diversified-Factor Developed Europe Index Fund (SBEU). Both products are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)."

ETF Express 29/01/2015

"(...) ETF Securities (ETFS) has launched two new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) based on Scientific Beta’s multi-factor, multi-strategy indices. The new ETFs are the ETFS Diversified-Factor US Large Cap Index Fund (SBUS) and the ETFS Diversified-Factor Developed Europe Index Fund (SBEU). Both products are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Scientific Beta is an index provider specialising in smart beta solutions and is part of the EDHEC Risk Institute, an entity that works closely with institutions to implement academic research and improve their investment and risk management process. Scientific Beta has developed smart beta solutions to address simultaneously the two primary issues of market cap weighted indices, i.e. exposure towards non-performing market factors and lack of diversification. This comprehensive approach differs from most of the other smart beta indices which focus on either one of the issues, and generally results in sub-optimal risk/return performances. Scientific Beta indices select stocks based on factors well documented by academic research (low volatility, valuation, momentum and size) and use a proprietary weighting strategy to enhance the diversification, with the objective of providing better risk adjusted performances than other established benchmarks such as the S&P 500 and Stoxx Europe 600. (...)"