ETF.com's "Inside ETFs" conference took place in Florida last week and, perhaps not surprisingly, smart beta exchange-traded funds were popular topics of discussion. That stands to reason as various surveys and studies out last indicated professional investors are likely to continue boosting their usage of smart beta ETFs.
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.
Strategic Beta ETFs
A recent survey by Create-Research found that smart beta ETFs account for over $300 billion, or 18 percent of the U.S. ETF market— by far the largest ETF market in the world.
“Smart Beta equity ETFs/ETPs listed globally gathered US$ 3.0 billion in new ...
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