Scientific Beta

Funds Europe: "Roughly a third of Amundi ETF’s clients use smart beta and another third are planning to use it, according to a survey by the EDHEC-Risk Institute released in March 2014. The firm launched a multi-smart beta ETF in June which seeks to combine multiple investment factors and so offer investors diversification across smart beta strategies."

Funds Europe November 2014

"(…) The French ETF providers are also involved in smart beta, the buzzword du jour in the passive investment space. Using smart beta, investors can gain passive exposure to even more specific strategies: equity indices weighted to favour low-volatility stocks, or to high-growth stocks, for instance. Roughly a third of Amundi ETF’s clients use smart beta and another third are planning to use it, according to a survey by the EDHEC-Risk Institute released in March 2014. The firm launched a multi-smart beta ETF in June which seeks to combine multiple investment factors and so offer investors diversification across smart beta strategies. That said, Wurtz believes smart beta ETFs will remain a niche product for the time being. The main use of smart beta, she says, is for bespoke indices. (...)"