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The Asset Manager’s Dilemma: How Smart Beta Is Disrupting the Investment Management Industry

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  • Ronald N. Kahn
  • Michael Lemmon

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Smart beta products are a disruptive financial innovation with the potential to significantly affect the business of traditional active management. They provide an important component of active management via simple, transparent, rules-based portfolios delivered at lower fees. They clarify that what investors need from their active managers is pure alpha—returns beyond those from static exposures to smart beta factors. To effectively position themselves for this evolution in active management, asset managers need to understand the mix of smart beta and pure alpha in their products, as well as their comparative advantages relative to competitors in delivering these important components.Editor’s note: This article was reviewed and accepted by Executive Editor Robert Litterman.Authors’ note: This article reflects the opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of their employer.

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  • Ronald N. Kahn & Michael Lemmon, 2016. "The Asset Manager’s Dilemma: How Smart Beta Is Disrupting the Investment Management Industry," Financial Analysts Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 72(1), pages 15-20, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ufajxx:v:72:y:2016:i:1:p:15-20
    DOI: 10.2469/faj.v72.n1.1
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