Advisors and investors are hearing plenty about the growth of smart or strategic beta exchange-traded funds. New data confirm these ETFs, which toe the line between active and passive management, are growing at a blistering pace.
According to FTSE Russell’s first U.S. retail financial advisor market survey "Smart Beta: 2015 survey findings from U.S. financial advisors," 68 percent of financial advisors polled are using smart beta ETFs and 70 percent are using multiple strategic beta approaches.
A recent survey by Create-Research found that smart beta ETFs account for over $300 billion, or 18 percent of the U.S. ETF market, by far the largest ETF market in the world.
Strategic, Smart Beta ETFs
Exponential growth for strategic beta ETFs has continued in 2015 despite outflows from some dividend ETFs. Dividend ETFs had previously been the primary drivers ...
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