Jsedirect With Simon Brown

Making the CSEW40 SMART The CoreShares Equal Weight Top40 ETF (JSE code: CSEW40) has long been a favourite of mine, but now CoreShares want to change the ETF to a multi factor ETF under the code SMART. Those factors are; Value (portfolios of cheap shares outperform portfolios of expensive shares) Momentum (portfolios of recent share winners continue to win in the near term) Size (portfolios of small companies outperform portfolios of large companies) e.g. Equal weight Quality (portfolios high quality shares outperform poor quality shares) Low Volatility (portfolios of low risk shares outperform high risk shares) I chatted to Chris Rule of CoreShares asking why the changes? What will the new methodology be and what's its attraction? Lastly how will the process work - including voting by existing holders of the ETF. I initially was too thrilled with the changes as I like the equal weight methodology. But one of the key points for me is how many stocks I effectively get exposure to and this is illustrated by t