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Towers Watson sees spike in smart beta uptake

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
Asset consultant Towers Watson saw client global uptake of smart beta investment strategies more than double in 2013 to $11 billion in new investments. This compares with around $5 billion new investments the previous year. Overall, Towers Watson's ...

Challenger launches new smart beta boutique

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... announcement. A spokesperson for Challenger told Financial Standard the boutique will focus on global equities and use a smart beta strategy. It will be run by former BT Investment Management head of macro strategies Joe Bracken. "Tempo operates an active ...

Realindex outperforms as it passes five-year milestone

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... capitalisation-weighted index funds, according to the fund manager's chief executive Andrew Francis. The Commonwealth Bank-owned smart beta specialist marked its fifth anniversary last month. During that time, its four original funds - Australian Shares ...

UBS launches Australian dividend ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... Asset Management has launched the UBS IQ Research Preferred Australian Dividend Fund, to Australian investors. The new smart beta product, which trades under the ASX code DIV, aims to provide access to sustainable income via the distributions of dividends ...

AXA IM launches global equity smart beta product

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013

ETF market closes in on $9 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... attributes some of the recent acceleration in the ETP market to the interest in new forms of indexation vehicles, known as Smart Beta strategies. The rules-based index strategies do away with flawed market capitalisation weighted indexes in favour of ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... forgetting the increasing number of cheaper and lower governance routes for improving investment efficiency such as using Smart Beta." After Macquarie Group, US firms Bridgewater Associates and CBRE Global Investors complete the top 3 investors in alternative ...

Lonsec expects growth in smart beta ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... Investment research house Lonsec believes Australia can expect the market for exchange traded funds (ETFs) tracking 'smart beta' or non-traditional indices to grow in popularity as a focus on risk since the global financial crisis has resulted in greater ...

AXA IM launches two SmartBeta products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
AXA Investment Managers has announced the launch of two new smart beta products, designed as alternatives to index trackers. The AXA IM SmartBeta Equity and AXA IM SmartBeta Bond strategies use rules based filters to reduce exposure to risks associated ...

Smart beta ETF take-up to double in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
UBS Global Asset Management expects the popularity of 'smart beta' exchange traded funds (ETFs) to double by the end of the year. According to UBS, SMSF trustees' and financial advisers' rising acceptance of these types of products is fuelling rapid ...