Smart Beta Strategies
Smart Beta & Factor Investing strategies have been developed by academic experts and practitioners to address the two main limits of traditional market capitalization weighted indices. Firstly, these indices do not adequately capture rewarded risk premia. Secondly, risk tends to be concentrated in few stocks or sectors. In response, different approaches have emerged with the objective to outperform and/or optimize risk vs cap-weighted indices. Even if there is no widely accepted definition, these Smart Beta strategies generally cover Risk-Efficient Solutions and Factor Investing.
Smart Beta by Amundi
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A risk-oriented allocation
For a long time, traditional equity investing has aimed at generating returns rather than managing risk. But in recent years institutional investors have started to change their attitude: mitigating risk is now more important than maximizing returns. The regulatory environment also leads to narrow capital requirement - and therefore the involved risks - without deteriorating performance.
Investors are thus increasingly wishing to conceive their allocation in terms of risks, rather than by country or sector.
To properly manage multi-dimensional risks, only a scientific and disciplined portfolio construction process can enhance diversification for better long-term performance.
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At Amundi, we are convinced that it is necessary to focus on risk management to generate a strong performance over the long term. Bruno Taillardat , Global head of Smart Beta & Factor Investing, Amundi |
A holistic approach of Smart Beta
The question is no longer why Smart Beta, but how to embrace it. Amundi mobilized the best of its resources (management teams, Research, Analysts, etc.) to identify, define and accompany the implementation of the Smart Beta strategy that fits the most the objectives and constraints of each investor.
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Building tailor-made Smart Beta
In addition to open-ended funds, we can also provide investors with added-value services, to analyze their portfolios identify factor or risk biases that may affect negatively their performance. They can also benefit from our ability to build customized Smart Beta investment solutions, taking into account additional constraints such as ESG, Low Carbon, exclusions in terms of sectors or countries.
Working with recognized partners
A strategic partnership with ERI Scientific Beta
Since 2014, Amundi and the Edhec Risk Institute Sci Beta have partnered to combine ERI Scientific Beta’s expertise in the design of smart beta indices and Amundi’s know-how in offering innovative factor investing solutions.
Maximizing diversification in order to capture the risk premium of an asset class
- TOBAM’s Maximum Diversification® approach, supported by original, patented research and a mathematical definition of diversification, provides clients with diversified core exposure, in both the equity and fixed income markets.
- The Anti-Benchmark® strategy is based on the Maximum Diversification® approach and designed to access risk premium evenly from all the effective independent sources of risk available in the market at any given time.
- Fully quantitative approach, developed, refined and maintained in-house by TOBAM research team.
Smart Beta at Amundi
10 years
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+ 19 bn €
of assets under
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10
dedicated portfolio managers in Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong
Note : Data as of 31/12/2017
Though leadership
Smart Beta & Factor Investing by Amundi |
Thinking Ahead Institute practical guide co-authored with Amundi |
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Our approach |
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Investing in equity factors for the long run |
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Amundi Smart Beta Viewpoint series |
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Factor Investing: Diversifying risks to enhance long-term performance |
Alternative Risk Premia: What Do We Know? |
Positioning Value in portfolio construction |
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Practical applications of Smart Beta: learning from client business cases |
Using Factor Investing: How to make the most of factors |
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Partnership with ERI Scientific Beta(an EDHEC-Risk Institute venture) |
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AMUNDI INDEX EQUITY GLOBAL MULTI SMART ALLOCATION SCIENTIFIC BETA
Exposure to an innovative Smart Beta solution
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