A smart beta exchange traded fund, the NYLI U.S. Large Cap R&D Leaders ETF (LRND) debuted on 02/08/2022, and offers broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Blend category of the market. What Are ...

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 ...

March was a rough month for smart beta exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as assets under management for alternatively weighted ETFs declined 0.96% on a global basis, but smart beta funds still represent a ...

Launched on 03/15/2022, the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF (GLOV) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Global Large-Cap Blend Equity ETF category ...

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 ...

Every equity investor, active or passive, loves high returns. Traditional passive investors are stuck with the market’s average returns. Elsewhere lie numerous active funds. A good and popular ...

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, ...

Roundtable: KPMG's Simeon Willis, Towers Watson's Stephen Miles, State Street Global Advisors' Richard J Hannam, Cambridge Associates' Alex Koriath and Indexx Markets' Ronan Kearney, debate the ...

Beta is the return of the broad market, typically represented by a benchmark like the S&P 500 index. Smart beta — a hybrid product crafted by financial engineers — is meant to deliver the best of both ...

Mark Twain once said, “All generalizations are false, including this one.” It’s a funny yet powerful message that, ironically, just might apply to one of today’s popular investment trends—smart beta.