Demand for quantitative index strategies (QIS) remains high among institutional investors given the fee compression environment most players are experiencing, and the search for alpha in less predictable markets. But they are also becoming increasingly visible in the retail structured products distribution business.
SRP spoke to Sandrine Ungari (pictured) , managing director, head of cross asset quantitative research at Société Générale, about the origins of factor investing, how it has trickled down to the retail market, and some of the trends around. The total equity smart beta exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have recently reached the US$1 trillion mark of assets, according to SG ETF Research team. SRP data shows that there are a number of factor-based underlyings developed
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