Investors are also taking a shine to smart-beta ETFs. Smart beta ETFs contributed a record $65.1bn of inflows in 2013 led by dividend-weighted funds, and nearly doubled the $34.2bn from last year, according to BlackRock Data. [Smart Beta ETFs Grow, Gain Naysayers]
“A study conducted by Cogent Research, a division of Market Strategies International, indicates that more than half (53%) of institutional decision makers will increase their use of smart beta ETFs over the next three years—that’s more than any other ETF category, including market cap-weighted ETFs (48%),” according to WisdomTree.
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