Date: 5th October 2016
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Type: In the news
A survey carried out by the Edhec-Risk Institute, found a growing appetite for smart beta ETFs, with 68% of respondents investing in smart beta in 2015, up from 49% in 2014.
However, two-thirds of 180 European exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors that were surveyed said that smart beta indices provided significant potential to outperform cap-weighted indices in the long term. Many investors are positive towards smart beta but want to see more product development.
More broadly, the survey found that ETFs make up an increasing part of investors’ portfolios across all asset classes and that nearly all respondents were satisfied with equity ETFs last year.
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