Scientific Beta

Eric Shirbini, Global Product Specialist at ERI Scientific Beta, will be speaking in a webinar on the theme "How Smart Beta is Getting Smarter and Why Advisors Should Pay Attention", hosted by ETF Trends on 5 May, 2016 at 2.00pm Eastern Daylight Time, alongside Joe Smith, Senior Market Strategist at CLS Investments, and Mike Cameron, Head of Institutional Sales at ETF Securities. 

Eric Shirbini, Global Product Specialist at ERI Scientific Beta, will be speaking in a webinar on the theme "How Smart Beta is Getting Smarter and Why Advisors Should Pay Attention", hosted by ETF Trends on 5 May, 2016 at 2.00pm Eastern Daylight Time, alongside Joe Smith, Senior Market Strategist at CLS Investments, and Mike Cameron, Head of Institutional Sales at ETF Securities.  

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have grown to more than $2 trillion in U.S. assets. Smart Beta ETFs encompass one-fifth of this market share - about $400 billion. There has been an evolution from market cap-weighted indices into "Smart Beta" and now, the construction of "Smart Beta 2.0," designed to provide enhanced diversification, address a more sophisticated risk/return profile, and the capability to accommodate a changing market environment.

The webinar, which will be moderated by Tom Lydon, Editor and Publisher of ETF Trends, will discuss the following topics:

Prior to joining EDHEC-Risk Institute, Eric Shirbini was a quantitative analyst at UBS, BNP Paribas and Nomura International. During this time he worked on a diverse range of topics including multi-factor models, fundamental stock valuation, equity market indices, portfolio construction and portfolio trading. At BNP Paribas Eric managed a team of analysts who were responsible for the Global Equity Research Database. Mr. Shirbini holds a BSc and PhD from University College London and an MBA from CASS Business School.