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The Future of Factor Investing
Jan 7, 2022
The possibility of capturing factors transparently and integrating them into different investment vehicles has created disruption in the asset-allocation process and presented new opportunities for investors to express active investment views. We explore how innovation in factor investing is reshaping the traditional asset-allocation paradigm and discuss the resulting portfolio-construction and investment-governance challenges brought about by this dislocation. ©2022 With Intelligence. Republished with permission from the Journal of Portfolio Management, from: Melas, Dimitris. 2022. “The Future of Factor Investing.” Journal of Portfolio Management 48, no. 2 (January 2022).
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- Dimitris Melas, Managing Director, MSCI Research
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