08.05.2014 - Smart beta ETF strategies may attract IFAs: Moody’s
Asset managers using smart beta strategies for exchange-traded funds could benefit from a surge of interest from advisers whose clients want different ways to invest, a Moody’s report has said. The five-page report, Promising Futures: Smart Beta Product Evolution Will Benefit Certain ETF Providers, states that managers whose franchises are centred around factor-based smart beta will benefit the most. Smart beta uses a broader range of methods, such as equal weighting and weighting by dividends, to offer potentially higher value to investors than ‘simple’ smart beta strategies...............................................Full Article: Source
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