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Integrating factors in market indexes and active portfolios
categories: Americas, EMEAI, Asia Pacific, Australia, general, MELAS Dimitris, NAGY Zoltan, ZANGARI Peter, KUMAR Navneet, Factor and Risk Modeling, Investing (Investment Management), Portfolio Construction and Optimization, Asset Owners, Hedge Funds, Asset Managers (Quant or Fundamental), Indexes, Portfolio Management Analytics, Equities
Asset owners use indexes as policy benchmarks and reference portfolios in their asset allocation. Index investors track cap-weighted indexes that seek to capture the market return. Active investors select securities and build portfolios that aim to outperform the market. All these types of investors may be able to benefit from incorporating factors into their process. More importantly, they may also be able to integrate factors without compromising other fundamentally important aspects of their strategies. In this Research Insight, we examine options for these institutional investors. ©2019 Pageant Media. Republished with permission of IPR Journal, from “Integrating Factors in Market Indexes and Active Portfolios.” Dimitris Melas, Zoltán Nagy, Navneet Kumar, and Peter Zangari. Vol. 45, No. 6, 2019.