Mark attended the Inside ETFs conference and met with Rolf Agather, Managing Director of North America Research at FTSE Russell. They discussed:

• Rolf's background in financial services
• How does FTSE Russell define smart beta?
• The uses of smart beta
• Advisors' awareness of smart beta
• The resurgence of interest in beta
• Can smart beta bridge the divide between active and passive management?
• Emergence of fixed income taking advantage of systematic sources of return
• What's coming next from FTSE Russell?