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Opinion
How are approaches to combining smart beta strategies changing?
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 popularity of smart beta among UK institutional investors in the second of a four-part roundtable.
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NewsMerseyside impressed by smart beta, strategy not a 'silver bullet'
NAPF Local Authority Conference 2015: Merseyside Pension Fund has reported a positive performance from its smart beta equity allocation, while experts pointed to the barriers in using such strategies in fixed income investing.
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Opinion
Active v passive: It’s not what you do, it’s the way that you do it
Active and passive management is a unity of opposites and our attention should focus on the implementation of both.
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Opinion
How is UK pension schemes’ appetite for smart beta changing?
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 popularity of smart beta among UK institutional investors in the first of a four-part roundtable.
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News
How Devon is approaching its alt equity smart beta strategy
Devon Pension Fund has set out its approach to its mixed alternative equity index, using the smart beta strategy as a middle way between active management and the fund’s large passive allocation.
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News
Smart beta marches on in Europe but consultants raise concerns
Investment data reveal the amount of money invested in smart beta strategies across Europe has grown strongly over the past decade, but a recent report has raised concerns the strategies' benefits could be overstated.
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Opinion
How should you benchmark your manager?
In the final part of this three-part debate on fixed income, Aon Hewitt's Tim Giles, Hymans Robertson's Carl Hitchman, Law Debenture's David Felder, M&G Investments' William Nicoll and the Pension Protection Fund's John St Hill run through the different options for measuring the performance of a fixed income manager.
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News
UK lags Europe in passives drive for smart beta and ETFs
UK pension schemes are lagging behind their European counterparts investing in smart beta strategies, according to research that adds to criticism of actively managed strategies.
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OpinionSmart beta: Latest strategies, cost and market performance
This four-part roundtable discussion, featuring experts from across the industry, looks at the emergence of smart beta strategies and the role they are playing in pension scheme portfolios.
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Opinion
How can schemes usefully combine different smart beta strategies?
Aon Hewitt's Tim Giles, Axa IM's Madeline Forrester, Nick Motson from Cass Business School, LGIM's Simon Midgen, the PPF's John St. Hill and Russell Indexes' Jamie Forbes discuss how to use smart beta strategies together, in the final part of a four-part discussion.
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Opinion
Should schemes adopt smart beta in periods of market growth?
In the first of a four-part debate, Aon Hewitt's Tim Giles, Axa IM's Madeline Forrester, Nick Motson from Cass Business School, LGIM's Simon Midgen, the PPF's John St. Hill and Russell Indexes' Jamie Forbes discuss whether positive markets signal a good time to buy smart beta.
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News
Experts call for smart beta credit to meet diversification demand
Alternative fixed income indices could be the next frontier in smart beta investing for pension schemes, industry experts have said, calling for a shift in focus away from equity strategies.
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News
One in three schemes to up smart beta in low-vol drive
Data analysis: More than a third of schemes are considering increasing allocations to smart beta strategies over the coming year, a survey has found, as investors rethink their portfolios.
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