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 ...

As the trading year heads into its final weeks, so-called high-beta shares remain firmly in the lead for US equity risk factors in 2025, based on a set of ETFs through Dec. 2’s close. The year-to-date ...

At nearly every step this year, this risk factor has outperformed the broad stock market, based on a set of ETFs through Aug. 13's close. The recent rebound in so-called high-beta stocks has lifted ...

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 ...