Indexes
Nasdaq OMX Unveils Govt. Relief Index
Nasdaq OMX will this week launch a new index designed to measure the performance of European companies that have received government aid, and to be a tool for traders who invest in those companies as a basket of stocks, officials tell Inside Market Data .
FTSE Readies Italian Indexes
FTSE Group, the index provider venture of the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange, has secured a deal to calculate and distribute Italian equity benchmark indexes on behalf of LSE-owned Borsa Italiana.
TMX Preps Ontario, Quebec Indexes
TMX Group, the merged Toronto and Montreal exchanges, is preparing to launch two fixed-income indexes, each comprising six benchmark bonds issued by the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Dow Jones Postpones Global Dow as Index Providers Weigh Strategies
Dow Jones has delayed the launch of its planned Global Dow Index as a result of turbulent market conditions, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Index Data Providers See Interest in China
Index providers China Securities Index (CSI) and Standard & Poor's have both recently launched new products to address growing demand for Chinese company index data from both domestic and global investors, while FTSE has recently signed a deal to provide…
FTSE Continues Asia Push with SET, APREA Indexes
The Stock Exchange of Thailand and index provider FTSE will this week begin distributing data on a new series of Thai equity indexes, to meet growing investor demand for more tradable vehicles, officials say.
Lack of Data Hampers SAFE-DJ Index
An initiative by the South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) to launch an index of stocks listed across its 13 member exchanges in collaboration with Dow Jones is being slowed by a lack of quality data and limited data distribution channels from some…
FTSE, CSAG Launch 'Terror-Free' Indexes
Index provider FTSE will make real-time data on its latest series of indexes for so-called terror-free investments available via Reuters and Bloomberg today, Monday, March 31.
MSCI Bows Asia Hedge Fund Index
Index provider MSCI Barra will this month launch an investable index to capture the composition of the hedge fund universe in the Asia-Pacific region, in partnership with Paris-based Natixis Alternative Investments.
FTSE Launches Shariah Indexes
FTSE launched last week a series of Shariah-compliant indexes to meet growing demand for Islamic structured products from investors outside of Islamic countries in Asia.
FTSE Takes Over Enviro-Tech Index, Relaunches Straits Times
Index provider FTSE will this week confirm that it has begun calculating and disseminating index data on the ET50 index of the 50 largest environmental technology companies, which it took over from investment manager Impax Asset Management at the end of…
Investment Alternatives Drive Index Demand
As investors look for new markets and investment strategies, development of new indexes will help them diversify their assets. By Jerry Moskowitz, president, FTSE Americas
Markit Preps Global Index With IIC, CDSI
UK-based credit and derivatives data provider Markit is planning to create a global credit index, following its acquisitions of the International Index Company and CDS IndexCo, officials tell Inside Market Data .
FTSE Deploys Caplin-Kalahari Data Platform
Index provider FTSE has deployed a data backbone from Caplin Systems and calculation engine from Kalahari to help support the production of its bond and gilt index data, officials say.
FTSE Deploys Caplin-Kalahari Data Platform
Index provider FTSE has deployed a data backbone from Caplin Systems and calculation engine from Kalahari to help support the production of its bond and gilt index data, officials say.
TSX Rolls Out Multi-Dealer Index
The Toronto Stock Exchange has switched its PC Bond fixed-income index from being based on prices contributed from a single dealer-Scotia Capital, from whom TSX bought the index and fixed-income analytics software business last year-to prices contributed…
Morningstar Eyes Institutional Users with Activ Options Data
Chicago-based research provider Morningstar is considering ways to leverage the options data and research it began providing to retail investors via its Web site last week as the basis for tradable products targeted at institutional investors.
Thai Bourse, FTSE to Develop New Index Series
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is working with index provider FTSE to develop a new series of equity indexes for the Thai stock market that will make it easier to launch new exchange-traded products and will bring SET's indexes closer to…
MSCI Barra: Index Transition Costs Not Unreasonable
Index provider MSCI Barra is rejecting suggestions that changes to its global indexes over the coming year will cause investment managers to review their relationship with the vendor or even switch to alternative providers.
TSX Prepares PC Bond Expansion
The Toronto Stock Exchange last month completed the migration of the PC Bond fixed-income index business acquired from Scotia Capital to the TSX, and plans to gain significant traction this quarter by expanding the PC Bond business into a multi-dealer…
New HS Indexes Track China-HK Disparities
Hang Seng Index Services will today, Monday, July 9, launch the China AH Indexes Series, a set of indexes to track the performance difference between shares of companies with both mainland Shanghai-listed A-shares and Hong Kong-listed H-shares (AH…
Asia Demand Spurs New Indexes
Demand for investable emerging market indexes and index data on Asian markets is booming, according to index provider FTSE, which has launched three new indexes in the region in recent weeks.
Doubts Raised Over GFI, Icap Index Data
A multi-broker credit index tranche fixing service launched last week by interdealer brokers GFI and Icap appears to have run into trouble, with uncertainty over the data distribution and licensing arrangements for the new fixings, which are based on the…
DJIA Drop Glitch Remains Unknown
The calculation engine for the Dow Jones Industrial Average index returned to smooth running last week after experiencing technical difficulties on Tuesday, Feb. 27 that led to an apparent sudden massive drop in the index in the middle of an already bad…