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Recipes for Building Smarter Strategies

Written by FactSet Insight | Jun 14, 2021

Over the last few years of market turmoil, the need to manage risks, particularly downside risk, has become increasingly important for portfolio management. Similarly, the continued shift of assets into passive and semi-passive strategies and the ever-growing demand for ESG-flavored investments have significantly impacted the way asset managers must think about portfolio construction. All these elements underline the need for new, robust, and unique approaches to be deployed to produce “smarter” portfolios and maintain a competitive edge.

In this increasingly competitive and turbulent environment, to build and implement a better portfolio in a systematic way that still incorporates your unique perspectives and ideas requires you to have the right ingredients. Listen to our new webcast in which FactSet’s Andrew Kovacs and Emil Margaritov present the following:

  • An introduction to the latest research and results for several unique smart beta strategies
  • A review of how you can leverage these strategies to support your own investment needs
  • An examination of some of the data and tools used to create these strategies