Smarter Beta? Part 1 of a Series on Multifactor Smart Beta ETFs

The questions fueling “smart beta” debates carry on, but that hasn’t stopped a number of providers from launching a “smarter” product – and from picking up assets as a result. In this first post of a series, MPI will begin to explore multi-factor smart beta, an up-and-coming take on the strategic beta concept.

June 27, 2016

Is it alpha or is it beta? Is it smart beta, or is it dumb? Can it be timed, or is that dumb? Is a crash looming? The questions fueling “smart beta” debates carry on, but that hasn’t stopped a number of providers from launching a “smarter” product – and from picking up assets as a result. In this first post of a series, MPI will begin to explore multi-factor smart beta, an up-and-coming take on the strategic beta concept.

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