Indexes
Iosco softens index approach on final benchmark principles
The structured products industry has welcomed Iosco's publication of benchmark principles that promote softer treatment for equity indexes
ETF indexes face clean up
Let there be light
Proprietary indexes under scrutiny as banks keep their insights secret
Indexing in the dark
Prop index growth sparks legal fears
Frying pan to fire?
S&P Dow Jones Indices launches Mila indexes
S&P tracks Andean equities; Bank of China Hong Kong and FTSE track offshore renminbi; ATX Global Players index lands in Vienna; FTSE launches environmental tech index
Iosco offers general and specific principles to deal with equity and benchmark indexes
Iosco has confronted the 'one size fits all' debate in its draft Principles on Financial Benchmarks, the responses for which are due today (May 16)
Index roundup: Stoxx launches 3D printing index
Index roundup
Index roundup: Esma and EBA move to strengthen Euribor
Index roundup
Interview: S&P Dow Jones Indices' Alex Matturri on bringing two big brands together
Doubling up for innovation
Index providers look to apply minimum volatility success story to other asset classes
Minimum volatility strategies have been a huge hit in the equity space. Index providers are now planning to apply them to fixed income and commodities
Index roundup
Index roundup
Sponsored webinar: BNP Paribas
The evolution of commodity indices
Structured Products Europe: Vanguard's emerging markets switch highlights the need to scrutinise index constituents, say speakers
Vanguard's replacement of an MSCI index with a FTSE index as the underlying for emerging markets exchange-traded fund should remind investors to look carefully at underlying constituents, hears conference
Index roundup
Index roundup
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
White paper: How Using The Right Index Can Expand Opportunities In European Markets
Prior to 2012 there was a gap in investable products covering the European small-cap, midcap, and SMID-cap market segments. Anecdotally, hedges against these segments were often created with products based upon liquid large cap indexes. Given the mega…
S&P Smit 40 Index tracks 'Next 11' emerging markets as investors look beyond Brics
S&P Dow Jones Indices index tracks the four largest economies in the Next 11 in a reflection of growing demand for broader emerging markets exposure
S&P Dow Jones Indices takes on high-dividend and low-volatility combination in industry first
S&P Dow Jones Indices has combined two of the year's biggest themes so far in its latest index, the S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Index roundup
Index roundup
Index innovation: Société Générale
Structured Products Asia Awards 2012