BlackRock's Parkin and Li: Changing attitudes to smart-beta investing

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Tom Eckett
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Joe Parkin, head of iShares UK wealth and retail, and Wei Li, head of iShares EMEA investment strategy at BlackRock, have predicted factor investing to be the significant growth area for the asset management industry due to an evolution in the way clients invest.

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