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Parametric exploring super smart beta

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
A global asset manager linked to Australian superannuation funds has been toiling with passive and smart beta strategies over the past year on the back of renewed interest. Such is the interest that Parametric Australia expects to double its assets ...

Fee pressure turns super funds to smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... HSBC has detected that "at this point, consultants and clients are figuring out how to implement these [smart beta strategies]." Pidgeon said that some are "looking to consolidate their relationships with managers across active and passive" in a bid ...

Passive strategies benefit active managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Investors' shift towards passive and smart beta strategies is a great trend for active managers, according to Standard Life Investments (SLI) head of global equities Mikhail Zverev. "It is very strange to see an active manager saying that we quite like ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... about 10% of the country's $18.6 billion placed in ETFs sits under smart beta. Dividend seekers Certain smart beta strategies have been present in the Australian market for a long time. iShares head of Australia Jon Howie explains that the most popular ...

Advisers waiting on the sidelines with smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Smart beta strategies are gaining popularity among investors, but financial advisers are exercising caution and waiting for the market to develop further in Australia. Financial Keys principal, Mark Causer, told Financial Standard that he tends to recommend ...

Smart beta here to stay, research confirms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... present in over half of the world's portfolios, with professional investors increasingly combining multiple smart beta strategies, new global research found. The FTSE Russell Smart Beta: 2015 Global Survey Findings from Asset Owners survey confirmed ...

Smart beta, fixed income ETFs surge

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... to clients on the last stop of an Asia region road show. According to the product specialist, the rise of smart beta strategies has been driven largely by investor demand with equity income, equal weighted and factor style approaches all receiving flows. ...

Towers Watson sees spike in smart beta uptake

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... previous year. Overall, Towers Watson's institutional investment clients now have $32 billion invested in smart beta strategies globally. While Towers Watson emphasised the fact that investment in smart beta doubled, it still represents less than 2% ...

ETF market closes in on $9 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... 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 more attractive investment ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... assets than in 2011 being awarded to investment managers by Towers Watson's clients. The data also shows that Smart Beta strategies - which capture a premium over time or improve portfolio efficiency through diversification - continued to attract a significant ...