Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has added to its SMARTER Beta fund range with the launch of the Smart Beta Low Volatility Global Equity Growth fund.
Listed in Luxembourg, the fund offers investors exposure to five factors: value; quality; momentum; low volatility and small size. The fund will be managed by the firm's 28-strong quantitative investment strategies team, led by Sean Phayre, ASI's global quantitative investments head. Phayre said: "Smart beta is now firmly recognised by sophisticated investors and their consultants as a third approach to investing. "It has answered the challenge facing many cost-conscious investors by focussing on the aspirations of active management, while enjoying the systematic efficiencies of pa...
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