Rob Arnott, chairman and CEO of Research Affiliates and a pioneer in factor index investing, the so-called "smart beta" space, has been outspoken about how smart beta strategies can go horribly wrong.

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the State Street SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE) debuted on 11/08/2005, and offers ...

Making its debut on 01/22/2014, smart beta exchange traded fund Vident U.S. Equity Strategy ETF (VUSE) provides investors broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Value category of the market. What ...

San Antonio, TX, Dec. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (GROW) (NASDAQ: GROW) (the "Company"), a registered investment advisory firm with longstanding experience in global ...

In recent years, smart beta or factor investing has gained considerable traction with pension funds seeking to earn higher risk-adjusted returns from their investments through cheaper and simpler ...

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 ...

In the last three years, about 160 new funds have been launched in the smart beta space. That’s more than one new product per week, said Matt Hougan, CEO of Inside ETFs. Speaking Thursday morning at ...

SPDR Russell 1000 Yield Focus ETF uses a smart beta strategy to invest in high-yield dividend stocks, with an expense ratio of 0.20%. ONEY's portfolio has a strong tilt towards mid-cap and small-cap ...

Let’s be blunt. Smart Beta1 is mostly re-packaged, re-branded quantitative management. That’s not to say we don’t like it or think it’s not good for inves.tors. We love quantitative management, ...

With Nasdaq Smart Beta Indexes, investors now have an easy, customized way to bring new ideas to market. Offering robust research, deep market expertise and the technology to power index methodologies ...