San Antonio, TX, Dec. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (GROW) (NASDAQ: GROW) (the "Company"), a registered investment advisory firm with longstanding experience in global ...

In recent years, smart beta or factor investing has gained considerable traction with pension funds seeking to earn higher risk-adjusted returns from their investments through cheaper and simpler ...

According to EDHEC Business School, 25 per cent of asset managers already use some form of smart beta strategies, with a further 40 per cent considering them in the near future. Cost and efficiency ...

Rob Arnott, chairman and CEO of Research Affiliates and a pioneer in factor index investing, the so-called "smart beta" space, has been outspoken about how smart beta strategies can go horribly wrong.

March was a rough month for smart beta exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as assets under management for alternatively weighted ETFs declined 0.96% on a global basis, but smart beta funds still represent a ...

Seven Investment Management has overhauled its smart beta strategy across its multiple multi-manager ranges. The group has implemented smart beta strategies for nearly two years across its active ...

The Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows ETF is rated Hold, due to high fees and lack of clear outperformance, versus cheaper alternatives. CALF's strategy of selecting high free cash flow small-caps results ...

One selling point of a newfangled investment strategy that has swept Wall Street is diversification through factors: buy stocks with high dividends, and your results will vary from those chosen for ...

In the last three years, about 160 new funds have been launched in the smart beta space. That’s more than one new product per week, said Matt Hougan, CEO of Inside ETFs. Speaking Thursday morning at ...

(Reuters) – Ironically, the simple truth may be that the world is more complex and less stable than popular smart beta strategies assume. Smart beta strategies have enjoyed rampant growth, being funds ...