Value-Focused Indexing Indexing for Value March/April 2013 Editor’s Note Value-Focused Indexing by Paul Amery Articles How Smart is ‘Smart Beta’? by David Blitz The efficiency of alternative index approaches Index Experts Define Value: a Roundtable Discussion by Journal of Indexes Europe Staff The oldest investment strategy in an index format Market Factors and Equity Indices by Patrick Burke d’Orey How market factors help drive assets’ risk and return Seeking Quality Income by Andrew Lapthorne Determining the sustainability of dividends Benchmark, Index, Strategy— What’s In A Name? by Paul Amery An interview with Mark Voermans of PGGM News MSCI Ups The Ante With New Quality Indices DB Launches New Fund On Proprietary Dividend Index Russell Combines Stability And Valuation Indices SSGA Slashes Fees On UK Index Funds iShares Increases European Stranglehold With Purchase of CS ETFs US Regulator FINRA Warns On ETPs UBS Launches 61 ETFs On Italian Bourse Lyxor Launches First Gold Miners ETF ESMA Limits UCITS’ Use Of Repo ETP Market Flourishes As Investors Return Getco Wins Knight Bidding War Mirae To Issue Copper ETF In Korea Gold Trackers Lead European ETP Inflows Lyxor Launches Quality Income, VIX ETFs Deutsche Goes Physical As Investment Banks Focus On Asset Management Boost ETP Lists First Products On LSE Index Evolution Next Step For ETF Market, Says Powershares iShares Deepens Price War With Minimum Volatility ETFs Italy’s ETF Market Sees AUM Soar ETF Industry Backs Commercial Consolidated Tape Proposal Prague Stock Exchange Taps Into ETF Market Via Xetra Stats Global/Regional/Country Index Returns Sector/Dividend/Style/Size Index Returns Fixed Income Index Returns Contributors This Issue’s Contributors JOURNAL OF INDEXES EUROPE Subscribe Now Indexing for Value March/April 2013 EDITOR’S NOTE ARTICLES NEWS STATS CONTRIBUTORS EDITORIAL BOARD Previous IssueNext Issue Download complete issue Subscribe to the printed publication Browse Archives 2013 November/December September/October July/August May/June March/April January/February ADVERTISING