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EDHEC-Risk Institute extends the availability of free index data to its smart factor indices
EDHEC-Risk Institute, the leading international risk and asset management research institute, has announced, as part of its campaign for total transparency of index data, .
The 2,916 indices available on the Scientific Beta platform are accessible through mere free registration, providing access not only to the detailed methodology enabling the index to be replicated but also to the back history of index compositions.
EDHEC-Risk Institute considers that . It must be possible for these simulated track records to be challenged by the market and to do so there must be full transparency on the methodology and historical compositions.
Today, following a detailed study on the transparency of indices, EDHEC-Risk Institute regrets that .
Noël Amenc, Director of EDHEC-Risk Institute and CEO of ERI Scientific Beta, commented, "The robustness of smart beta indices cannot be assessed with one, two, or even five years of live track record, as is the case for some of our indices. . Investors often choose indices today on the basis of confidential information, which is a bit like investing in publicly-quoted companies that do not publish their accounts."
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