Where passive indexing, sometimes termed "dumb beta," targets only market risk exposure, smart beta goes a step further, ...

When you start exploring mutual funds, you may come across different ways in which they are managed. Two such approaches are ...

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 ...

The "smart beta" fund industry, a kind of hybrid between active and passive fund management, boomed in 2015 and 2016, with close to 200 funds launched in 24 months. But the business has gotten ...

It’s no surprise that exchange traded fund (ETF) investors are looking beyond plain vanilla offerings that mimic major U.S. stock indices. What may be surprising is the rapid adoption of “smart beta” ...

Morningstar's global manager research team recently published "A Global Guide to Strategic-Beta Exchange-Traded Products," its second-annual landscape report about strategic-beta ETPs. The report ...

(Reuters) - Ironically, the simple truth may be that the world is more complex and less stable than popular smart beta strategies assume. Smart beta strategies have enjoyed rampant growth, being funds ...

New-age investing strategies and performance tracking have nuances galore around the world. Some of these have already ...

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