RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Global Style Investing JF The Journal of Portfolio Management FD Institutional Investor Journals SP 10 OP 22 DO 10.3905/jpm.2006.644188 VO 32 IS 4 A1 Stefano M.F.G Cavaglia A1 James Sefton A1 Alan Scowcroft A1 Bryn Smith YR 2006 UL https://pm-research.com/content/32/4/10.abstract AB Value-tilted global equity portfolios that are either region-neutral or industry-neutral have particular risk and return properties relative to the world index. Over 1993-2005, a global country-neutral value-tilted investment strategy earned a premium of about 1.5% per year over the world return: this comes as a result of bearing some systematic cyclical risk that is highly correlated with the performance of particular industries and also with growth-like factors. A global industry-neutral value-tilted investment strategy offers a similar return payoff but with less volatility; this return premium does not appear to be associated with any of the systematic risk factors considered, so an industry-neutral strategy seems to be the more appropriate for capturing the global value premium. Index vendors might consider constructing benchmarks that reflect this investment style.TOPICS: Style investing, global, mutual funds/passive investing/indexing