Factor investing suggests that there is a handful of persistent characteristics that explain much of the return of publicly-traded securities.
But pragmatic smart beta advocates have long warned that poorly implemented and monitored factors can go unrewarded for decades. 
 

To give you the best insight on these issues we have assembled a group of specialists to engage with pension funds
for a morning of presentations and discussions on this latest form of quantitative investing.  
Potential topics on why factor investing is important to pension funds include: