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 ...

As the trading year heads into its final weeks, so-called high-beta shares remain firmly in the lead for US equity risk factors in 2025, based on a set of ETFs through Dec. 2’s close. The year-to-date ...

Equity markets are reaching new highs, but history suggests a potential pullback. The Advent Claymore Convertible Securities & Income Fund is a high beta name with a high leverage ratio. The CEF ...

With investors almost euphoric in their love of index funds, it seems that every active manager is looking to smart-beta, or factor, investments as the antidote. But Goldman Sachs Asset Management is ...