Renowned economist Bill Sharpe said the term smart beta ‘makes him sick’. Even some of its practitioners are uncomfortable with it. Kit Klarenberg investigates...
It’s often asserted that multi-factor smart beta strategies can perform in all market conditions, but are such forecasts credible, or pure hot air? Kit...
After half a decade in retreat, some analysts questioned whether gold would ever recover. But a chain of macroeconomic events has panicked investors, so...
When politicians kicked out proposals for how Priips would work in practice, it was momentous. Kit Klarenberg reports on what led to the dissent.
On...
Some European institutional investors remain confident about UK property investment, a much-troubled sector since the EU referendum, finds Kit Klarenberg.
When Britain voted to secede...
