Smart Beta in credit asks the right questions yet gives the wrong answers

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Shalin Shah looks at how smart beta is being used in credit and asks whether there is a different way.

At a glance Smart beta credit attempts to solve value leakage created through excessive trading by having low turnover and not having to be a forced seller of downgraded bonds or a forced buyer...

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