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 ...

GSIE applies a smart beta, factor-based strategy across developed markets, ex-U.S. Despite strong methodology, long-term returns closely track EFA and VEA. Volatility and dividend benefits are ...

With investors almost euphoric in their love of index funds, it seems that every active manager is looking to smart-beta, or factor, investments as the antidote. But Goldman Sachs Asset Management is ...

Academic research proves that smart beta strategies can work, but not all of them work the same. As the universe of smart beta products continues to expand, the performance of different single- and ...

One of the popular investing truisms is the following (inspired by Bill Sharpe): For somebody to beat the market (win) someone else has to lag the market (lose). This becomes an even more daunting ...