Fund managers ‘struggling to explain’ complex factors

The technology and mathematics behind factor investment strategies has grown increasingly complex, even as the number of factors has soared. The combination has left many fund managers struggling to explain such factor investing approaches to their clients even if they may align with their investment priorities, experts told the audience of the Inside ETFs Asia event, produced in association with AsianInvestor, on November 8 in Hong Kong. “The problem that we find with the more …