EDHEC-Risk Smart Beta Day Amsterdam 2017

Presentation

The EDHEC-Risk Smart Beta Day is organised by an academic research centre for the benefit of professionals. It presents the research carried out by EDHEC-Risk Institute and discusses it with the institutional investor and financial advisory communities.

The conference enables participants to have access to the latest conceptual advances and research results in smart beta investing and to discuss their implications and applications with researchers who combine expertise of advanced financial techniques with a sound awareness of their industry relevance.

The event is structured to appeal to asset owners and their direct investment consultants and financial advisors. The one-day conference will include multiple plenary sessions allowing professionals to review major industry challenges, explore state-of-the-art investment techniques and benchmark practices to advances in research.

The conference this year will focus on a central theme which is risk management in smart beta and more particularly in factor investing. Good risk management implies accounting for the variations of beta and risk premia of the different factors to which the investor wants to be exposed whether in terms of long only or long/short strategies.

8:30am-8:45am: Opening Address
8:45am-10:00am: Misconceptions and Misselling of Smart Beta; When the Policy Benchmark does not Respect the Investment Choices
10:30am-11:45am: Cyclicality and Conditionality of Smart Beta Performance and Factor Strategies
11:45am-1:15pm: From Factor Indices to Factor Investing Solutions; How to Genuinely Create Added Value in Smart Beta
2:15pm-3:30pm: Reconciling ESG objectives and multifactor performances
4:00pm-5:15pm: Factor Investing in Long/Short Strategies

EDHEC-Risk Smart Beta Day Amsterdam 2017 is organised by EDHEC-Risk Institute in partnership with ERI Scientific Beta.

The full programme is available here.

Speakers

Noël Amenc, PhD, Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School and CEO, ERI Scientific Beta
Eric Shirbini, PhD, Global Research and Investment Solutions Director, ERI Scientific Beta
Felix Goltz, PhD, Head of Applied Research, EDHEC-Risk Institute and Research Director, ERI Scientific Beta
Erik Christiansen, Senior Consultant, ERI Scientific Beta

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Official Sponsors

Registration

The conference is reserved for asset owners (including pension schemes, charities, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, single family offices and financial executives from non-financial companies) and institutional consultants.

Admission to the conference is complimentary and by invitation only.

To register, please visit https://www.regonline.co.uk/smartbetadaynl2017.

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Date

Tuesday 21/11/2017 - Tuesday 21/11/2017

8:30 am - 6:00 pm

Place

Intercontinental Amstel Amsterdam, Professor Tulpplein 1, Amsterdam, 1018 GX, Netherlands

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About EDHEC

Operating from campuses in Lille, Nice, Paris, London and Singapore, EDHEC is one of the world’s top 15 business schools. Fully international and directly connected to the business world, EDHEC commands a strong reputation for research excellence and the ability to train entrepreneurs and managers capable of breaking new ground. EDHEC functions as a genuine laboratory of ideas and produces innovative solutions valued by businesses. The School’s teaching is inspired by its research work and a focus on “learning by doing”, all with the aim of equipping people with the skills to succeed in business.

About EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute

Marking the priority assigned by the School to sustainability issues and building on its research programmes exploring the relationships between climate change and finance, EDHEC-Risk Institute became EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute in October 2022. The Institute's mission is to help private and public decision-makers manage climate-related financial risks and make the best use of the financial tools available to transition to low-emission and climate-resilient economies. The Institute’s research programmes explore the relationships between climate change and finance and our key ambition is to become a leading academic reference point for long-term investors, helping them to manage the asset-pricing implications of climate change as well as mitigation and adaptation efforts.