In the last three years, about 160 new funds have been launched in the smart beta space. That’s more than one new product per week, said Matt Hougan, CEO of Inside ETFs. Speaking Thursday morning at ...

Beta is the return of the broad market, typically represented by a benchmark like the S&P 500 index. Smart beta — a hybrid product crafted by financial engineers — is meant to deliver the best of both ...

A few years ago Vincent Deluard was a huge cheerleader for smart-beta ETFs, which slice and dice the market using indexes tuned to classic investing factors like momentum and value. But times change ...

Some suggest it is little more than a lack of awareness that has prevented a big rush by DC plans towards smart beta investing. In a world of low yields and heightened volatility, investors are ...

According to EDHEC Business School, 25 per cent of asset managers already use some form of smart beta strategies, with a further 40 per cent considering them in the near future. Cost and efficiency ...

In recent years, smart beta or factor investing has gained considerable traction with pension funds seeking to earn higher risk-adjusted returns from their investments through cheaper and simpler ...

To start 2017, Portsmouth, N.H.-based Pax World Management announced the launch of three mutual funds in two asset classes. The Pax Large Cap Fund integrates research on companies’ environmental, ...

(Bloomberg) -- Turns out, one of the hottest parts of the $2.3 trillion ETF industry has a little-noticed quirk with the potential to blindside users. Fund titans like BlackRock Inc. and Invesco Ltd.

Passive investing has increasingly become the dominant strategy in today’s market. Whether it’s the enormous capital inflows into ETFs or the rise of robo-advisors, passive investing is drawing more ...