Scientific Beta

Financial Review: "Global X is launching a fund that combines four factors, using an approach designed by the EDHEC-Risk Institute, with "scientific beta" indices combining value, size (small stocks do well), low volatility and momentum."

Financial Review 14/05/2015

"(...) A new answer is multi-factor funds. Combine several factors in one fund, and the dominant factor of the moment will always pull you through. And you might just have reached the holy grail of a fund that stays ahead of the market all the time. How do they do it? Two recent offerings use different approaches. Global X is launching a fund that combines four factors, using an approach designed by the EDHEC-Risk Institute, with "scientific beta" indices combining value, size (small stocks do well), low volatility and momentum. (...)"