Investing in Systematic Factor Premiums

In this paper we investigate and evaluate factor investing in the US and Europe for equities and bonds. We show that factor‐based portfolios generally produce comparable or better portfolios than market indices. We expand the analysis to other asset classes and factors, work with other optimisation methods and add a basic liability structure. The results do not depend on adding other asset classes or on the removal of a specific factor. Finally, we study the results for a worldwide investor who invests beyond the US and Europe. Over the longer term and with consistently applied factor diversification, factor investing appears to be advantageous.

Keywords: portfolio management, factor investing, diversification, optimisation

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Koedijk, Kees G. and Slager, Alfred and Stork, Philip A., Investing in Systematic Factor Premiums (March 2016). European Financial Management, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp. 193-234, 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2740783 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eufm.12081

Kees G. Koedijk (Contact Author)

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Alfred Slager

Tilburg University - TIAS School for Business and Society ( email )

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Philip A. Stork

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics ( email )

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Tinbergen Institute ( email )

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Amsterdam, 1082 MS
Netherlands

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