Tobam’s joint venture with FTSE set to open doors for ETF distribution

Tobam and FTSE have launched an index series based on diversification, offering a more risk-based view than the more traditional market cap weighting

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The appeal of alternative weighting

Asset manager Tobam and index provider FTSE have launched the FTSE Tobam Maximum Diversification Index Series, a series of alternatively weighted indexes based on diversification.

Yves Choueifaty, president and founder of Tobam in Paris, says market cap-weighted portfolios appear to consistently underperform other systematic portfolios for long periods of time.

"Financial markets have never been so uncertain - there is a clear urgency to diversify," says Choueifaty. "The lower diversification in

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