Rob Arnott and Cliff Asness find some middle ground in their ongoing debate over smart-beta investing.
Franklin Templeton Investments has announced four new smart beta-type ETFs.
Smart beta investments are rising twice as fast as their traditional size-weighted counterparts.
The funds are expected to launch later this year.
The funds cover a range of factors, including energy, consumer staples and health care.
Columbia Threadneedle announced plans to acquire Emerging Global Advisors, an RIA with $892 million AUM.
Expenses and fees strongly correlate with fund performance, according to new Morningstar research.
Experts at a smart beta roundtable question whether the performance of stocks in certain ETFs is sustainable.
The likely future underperformance of some smart-beta strategies will require more research when selecting funds.
The term "smart beta" is being attached to just about any strategy, so it now means nothing, he says.
The newly launched CrowdInvest Wisdom ETF is based on the sentiment of the masses.
Global X is using factor-based strategies with a de-risking twist to design smart beta ETFs.
Institutional investors are increasingly using factor-based strategies in their portfolios.
Experts disussed the ins and outs of smart beta at a one-day investing event last week.
John Hancock has launched five new ETFs that track indexes constructed by Dimensional Fund Advisors.
Smart beta, now the basis for almost one out of every five ETFs, has become a victim of its own popularity.
Avoiding losers is just as important as picking winners, says the company.
Lukas Smart talks about the different factors that go into Dimensional Fund Advisors' investing.
New York-based OppenheimerFunds has introduced a suite of eight factor-weighted ETFs, making the asset manager the latest entry into the smart beta space.