Scientific Beta

Funds Europe: "It appears from the results that investors continue to show high and still increasing interest in smart beta ETFs. More than a third of respondents (37%) already use products tracking smart beta indices, compared to 25% in 2014, and another third (33%) do not currently invest in such products but are considering investing in them in the near future."

Funds Europe July-August 2016

"(…) Cost is one of the main reasons ETF usage is increasing and investors spend as much time evaluating passive investments as they do active. The EDHEC-Risk Institute’s Felix Goltz and Véronique Le Sourd explain their findings. (...) For the third year, our survey includes information on respondents’ use of products tracking smart beta indices. It appears from the results that investors continue to show high and still increasing interest in smart beta ETFs. More than a third of respondents (37%) already use products tracking smart beta indices, compared to 25% in 2014, and another third (33%) do not currently invest in such products but are considering investing in them in the near future (see Figure 2). These results imply that we are likely to see strong growth in the usage of smart beta ETFs in the future. In addition, ETFs based on smart beta indices top respondents’ concerns with regard to developments in the future, with 38% of respondents desiring further developments. (...)"