Smart Beta Fixed Income ETFs

Smart Beta Fixed Income ETFs Better than their Benchmarks? April 2020. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Factor investing in fixed income has been heralded as the next frontier in asset management Smart beta fixed income ETFs in the US manage...

Factor Olympics Q1 2020

Factor Olympics Q1 2020And the Winner is… April 2020. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYBeta-neutral long-short factors were largely negative during Q1 2020Momentum & Quality are leading the performance leaderboardInvestors were most...

Minimum Correlation Factor Portfolios

Minimum Correlation Factor Portfolios The lower the factor correlation, the better? December 2020. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Minimizing factor correlations is a common approach to creating multi-factor portfolios However, the...

LOVM Portfolios Around the World

LOVM Portfolios Around the World Betting On Boring Winners March 2020. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Low Volatility-Momentum portfolios outperformed markets across regions over the last 30 years The combination model generated consistently...