Factor inflation—there are over 400 documented factors to date that theoretically allow institutional investors to target specific risk-return objectives. But many of these factors are simply the byproduct of data mining and do not have investment utility. Furthermore, reconstitution policies of index providers can leave money on the table. How do investors address the shortcomings?
Eduardo Repetto, Ph.D., CIO-Avantis Investors® by American Century Investments® joined IPE to share how active management could be systematized in an effort to deliver the benefits associated with indexing and factors while removing artificial constraints.
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