Scientific Beta

Institutional Asset Manager: "Scientific Beta has launched the Scientific Beta US Inflation indices, its first suite of macroeconomic factor indices. The inflation indices provide long-term equity performance with additional inflation protection compared to a traditional cap-weighted equity index. These indices correspond to a genuinely important subject for institutional investment, because in the event of inflation they procure a higher asset value (surplus) that could offset the impact of inflation on the revenue needs of future pensioners."

Institutional Asset Manager 21/06/2021

 

"(...) Scientific Beta has launched the Scientific Beta US Inflation indices, its first suite of macroeconomic factor indices. The inflation indices provide long-term equity performance with additional inflation protection compared to a traditional cap-weighted equity index. These indices correspond to a genuinely important subject for institutional investment, because in the event of inflation they procure a higher asset value (surplus) that could offset the impact of inflation on the revenue needs of future pensioners. This capacity to produce strong conditional performance does not result in a high level of tracking error with respect to the cap-weighted benchmark, like with many indices, and ultimately in poor unconditional performance. Indeed, through their sound diversification, the Scientific Beta US Inflation + indices also deliver a satisfactory return for the equity risk taken over the long term. (...)" 

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