Scientific Beta

Risk.net: "Not everyone in financial markets would like to be described as bookish, but ERI Scientific Beta is making the moniker work. The indexing offshoot from EDHEC Business School is winning fans with its academic approach. While researchers at other index providers are under pressure to help produce new products and so struggle for time to verify past research or explore ideas from first principles, Scientific Beta is an academic shop, clients say. As one puts it, the indexer differentiates through its academic credentials; so it guards them carefully."

Risk.net 27/11/2018

"(...) Not everyone in financial markets would like to be described as bookish, but ERI Scientific Beta is making the moniker work. The indexing offshoot from EDHEC Business School is winning fans with its academic approach. While researchers at other index providers are under pressure to help produce new products and so struggle for time to verify past research or explore ideas from first principles, Scientific Beta is an academic shop, clients say. As one puts it, the indexer differentiates through its academic credentials; so it guards them carefully. “They have an impressive corpus of research – something you don’t really see elsewhere.” ERI Scientific Beta’s marketing serves its research, not the other way around, he adds. The indexer’s preference for sticking to what is verified by multiple academic studies rather than fashion new indexes based on less extensive testing, also wins plaudits. (...)"