Smart Beta is a combination of value investing and efficient-market hypothesis. Smart Beta investing combines the benefits of Active Investing and Passive Investing strategies to obtain Alpha, lower risk or increase diversification at a lower cost than active management, and at a slightly higher cost than direct Index investing.

As “phishing” attempts and other cyberattacks get more and more sophisticated, businesses are finding it harder to protect themselves from threats. The financial services industry is the primary target of cyber thieves, and no organization is too small to fall victim. Our whitepaper, Cybersecurity issues for investment funds, explores this topic in more detail.

Managing operational risk in fund investments has been a topic of discussion for a number of years. In 2003, a Capco whitepaper entitled “Understanding and Mitigating Operational Risk in Hedge Fund Investments” concluded that over 50% of hedge fund failures were due to operational risk. The paper also concluded that this risk could be mitigated through the concept of “Operational Due Diligence” (ODD).

How do you infuse data into your day-to-day business? In a recent webinar, The Data Age—How data can drive decisions at all levels of an organization, Alastair Hewitt, Director, CORE-Sightline and Lyndsay Noble, Director, Data Science explored what goes into creating a “Golden Data Set,” and how organizations can use that information in a strategic way.