Scientific Beta

Institutional Asset Manager: "Singapore Exchange (SGX) is scaling up and accelerating the growth of its Data, Connectivity and Indices (DCI) business with the acquisition of a 93 per cent stake in Scientific Beta for EUR186 million in cash (SGD280 million), subject to closing adjustments.   Established by EDHEC-Risk Institute (ERI Asia), an affiliate of EDHEC Business School, Scientific Beta is an independent index provider specialising in smart beta strategies, with expertise in factor-based and risk-managed solutions."

Institutional Asset Manager 24/01/2020

"(...) Singapore Exchange (SGX) is scaling up and accelerating the growth of its Data, Connectivity and Indices (DCI) business with the acquisition of a 93 per cent stake in Scientific Beta for EUR186 million in cash (SGD280 million), subject to closing adjustments.   Established by EDHEC-Risk Institute (ERI Asia), an affiliate of EDHEC Business School, Scientific Beta is an independent index provider specialising in smart beta strategies, with expertise in factor-based and risk-managed solutions. Headquartered in Singapore with offices in France, UK and US, the company provides investable smart beta indices to its clients, drawing on the expertise of ERI Asia in portfolio construction and risk allocation. Over 60 asset owners and asset managers use Scientific Beta’s indices to track or benchmark their smart beta investments. As at 30 September 2019, there were USD54.7 billion in assets replicating Scientific Beta’s indices, growing more than 10 times in just under four years. Thirty per cent of these assets under replication were integrating ESG dimensions. (...)"