Scientific Beta

Investment Week: "It is also worth observing EDHEC scores very highly in the transparency department with all their indices explained in fastidious detail. Hopefully, this idea of performance by results begins to catch on in the index space among EDHEC's competitors."

Investment Week 30/05/2016

"(...) Rewarding performance: The good news is this is exactly what is being promised by the academic pointy heads at Scientific Beta, the smart beta index provider offshoot of EDHEC Risk Institute. This relatively new index provider has just announced what it calls "a revolutionary pay for what you get" approach to index pricing that will disrupt the traditional model of fixed fees on assets under management and enable investors to relate their fees directly to smart beta index performance. According to Noël Amenc, CEO of ERI Scientific Beta, the rationale for this mandate offer is that "smart beta providers' claims on the quality and robustness of their strategies should materialise in their live performance". It is also worth observing EDHEC scores very highly in the transparency department with all their indices explained in fastidious detail. Hopefully, this idea of performance by results begins to catch on in the index space among EDHEC's competitors. (...)"