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How smart is smart-beta investing?

Jan 9, 2013

Following an index where stocks are based on alternative weightings is an active strategy. But David Blitz, head of Robeco quantitative equity research, argues that investors can do better.

Investors are embracing “smart-beta” investing, passively following an index in which stock weights are not proportional to their market capitalisations but based on an alternative weighting scheme. Examples include fundamentally weighted indices and minimum volatility indices.

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