Future Fund reviewing approach to smart beta
The Australian fund is, like other institutions such as Japan's GPIF, exploring how it can more cheaply replicate active management. But they remain cautious about some aspects of smart beta.
Australia's Future Fund and Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund are delving deeper into the use of factor tilts and smart beta with the aim of replicating more cheaply the returns of their active equity managers.
With a new head of equities installed earlier this year, Australia's A$143 billion ($106 billion) sovereign wealth fund is reviewing its approach to this area.
Other Asian asset owners are also developing their smart-beta strategies, said Kevin Hardy, Singapore c…
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