Indexes
Performance Anxiety: Buy Side Addresses Attribution Concerns
As investor sophistication increases, so do the demands that they place on investment managers to meet and exceed specific benchmarks, and to provide more frequent and transparent reporting. But these demands come with a cost—both for investors and the…
Drilling Down On Benchmarks
Buy-side firms are scrutinizing their benchmark data sourcing more closely to ensure more accurate performance reporting and attribution, according to officials and leading service providers participating in an industry discussion. Michael Shashoua…
Update: Nasdaq Eyes Index Growth with Acquisition of Mergent Index Biz
Deal will expand Nasdaq's custom and thematic indexes, significantly increasing assets under management linked to its index families.
Open Platform: Index Data License Spend's ‘Period of Enlightenment'
Index licensing is an area of rising cost and complexity that firms with investments linked to specific indexes cannot easily escape. But many are ignoring tools and practices already in use for managing real-time data, impacting their ability to control…
ICE to Clear Emerging Markets CDS
The move to indexes builds off the steps begun last October in single names.