Lombard Odier Investment Managers (“Lombard Odier IM”), a pioneer in smart beta fixed income investing, and ETF Securities, one of the world's leading innovators of exchange traded products (“ETPs”), have partnered to offer a range of transparent, cost-effective and UCITS-compliant fundamentally-weighted fixed income ETFs.

State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation, announced the launch of four advanced beta equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The SPDR MSCI Europe Value Weighted UCITS ETF, SPDR MSCI USA Value Weighted UCITS ETF, SPDR MSCI Europe Small Cap Value Weighted UCITS ETF and SPDR MSCI USA Small Cap Value Weighted UCITS ETF track the MSCI Value Weighted Indicies.

Lyxor Asset Management continues to develop its Active Smart Beta offering with the launch of a new commingled bond product, the Lyxor EuroGovies Risk-Balanced Fund, a UCITS IV-fund, available for investors in various European countries...

Source, an investment firm and a leading provider of Exchange TradedProducts (ETPs), and Risk Based Investment Solutions (“RBIS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rothschild, are pleased to announce the launch of the Source R Equal-Risk European Equity UCITS ETF.

Unlike cap-weighted indexes, smart beta strategies are not buy-and-hold: they require trading and rebalancing to maintain their respective exposures. This can have a surprising impact on long-term performance, and may also provide a cause for concern in the shorter term...