The Vident International Equity Strategy ETF (VIDI) was launched on 10/29/2013, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Foreign Large Value ETF category of the ...

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

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 ...

SPDR Russell 1000 Yield Focus ETF uses a smart beta strategy to invest in high-yield dividend stocks, with an expense ratio of 0.20%. ONEY's portfolio has a strong tilt towards mid-cap and small-cap ...

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 ...

Smart beta — also known as factor investing, a label that better captures the rationale behind the strategy — promises indexlike management in terms of costs and transparency while affording exposure ...

Let’s be blunt. Smart Beta1 is mostly re-packaged, re-branded quantitative management. That’s not to say we don’t like it or think it’s not good for inves.tors. We love quantitative management, ...