Smart-beta strategies are mechanical ways of assembling bundles of companies other than by their total stock-market value, as conventional index funds do. Compared to the Indian fund industry, where AUM of all smart-beta strategies is less than $1 billion put together as of August 2022, the popularity of Smart-beta funds is way higher with AUM of $1.3 trillion-plus in the global investing world.
Tariff shock turns FIIs to sellers in April. Analysts flag global risk but back India’s fundamentals
Foreign institutional investors reversed course in early April, spurred by rising global trade tensions following US President Trump’s announcement of steep tariffs. This led to