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Indices

ONS incorporates housing costs into CPI

The Office for National Statistics is to launch an additional measure of consumer prices inflation which includes housing costs.

  • Indices
  • 02 November 2012
Alternative indices continue to rise

Helen Fowler finds a flurry of activity in alternative indices over the past year reflects how these strategies are becoming much more mainstream

  • Indices
  • 06 September 2011
Looking to alternatives

Global Pensions talks to David Morris of GWA about fundamental indexing

  • Indices
  • 06 September 2011
S&P Indices launches new index

AMERICAS- S&P Indices has launched its first in a series of indices designed to measure the performance of the Chilean, Columbian and Peruvian stock exchanges.

  • Indices
  • 31 August 2011
European markets stabilise after overnight US and Asia falls

The FTSE 100 dipped to a low of 4971.46 at 9:34 this morning, before beginning a period of steady growth through the morning - ending slightly up by 12:30.

  • Indices
  • 09 August 2011
MSCI launches range of ESG indices

MSCI has launched a range of 25 new ESG indices developed specifically for pension funds and other institutional investors.

  • Indices
  • 28 June 2011
MSCI launches range of ESG indices

GLOBAL - MSCI has launched a range of 25 new ESG indices developed specifically for pension funds and other institutional investors.

  • Global
  • 28 June 2011
Pensioners need £20K to access flexible drawdown; IFAs to incur training costs

Access to new flexible drawdown pensions will be restricted to people with a lifetime pension income of a minimum of £20,000 a year, the Treasury says.

  • Indices
  • 09 December 2010
Developing environmental investment strategies: growth opportunities and managing climate change risk

Disruptions to the world economy brought about by climate change and other environmental drivers present a range of opportunities and threats for investors.

  • Indices
  • 03 November 2010
France enjoys very long engagement

Poor old President Sarkozy. Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place.

  • Indices
  • 09 September 2010
A closer look at market cap indices

Christopher Woods of FTSE Group discusses the advantages of market cap indices and what they can offer investors

  • Indices
  • 03 September 2010
Almost one fifth diversify away from market-cap

GLOBAL - Nearly 18% of our respondents said they have tried recently to move their passive assets away from market-cap weighted indices.

  • Indices
  • 05 May 2010
PensionDCisions and FTSE launch DC index series

PensionDCisions and FTSE Group have teamed up to created the first objective benchmark for the UK's defined contribution pensions market.

  • Defined Contribution
  • 19 April 2010
80% of GP100 schemes do not use fundamental indexing

GLOBAL - Only 22.2% of the respondents of the Global Pensions 100 Panel said they are using fundamental indexing in their portfolios.

  • Indices
  • 08 March 2010
Towers Watson recommends shift to fundamental indices

Towers Watson has started recommending its clients invest up to half of their passive assets in fundamental indices.

  • Indices
  • 09 February 2010
Fundamental indices perform better in emerging markets

EMERGING MARKETS - Fundamentally weighted indices perform better in emerging markets than capitalisation weighted indices, according to Research Affiliates chief investment officer Jason Hsu.

  • Emerging Markets
  • 27 November 2009
Considering currency

Is there beta in currency? If so, will the creation of a currency index series, the FTSE Currency Forward Rate Bias (FRB) Index Series, help investors view currency as an asset class in its own right? Industry experts discuss the merits of currency as...

  • Currency
  • 30 October 2009
Building your indices

Sebastian Cheek reports on how indices are built to contend with varying market conditions

  • Indices
  • 15 October 2009
Customised investment

Sebastian Cheek reports on how indices are built in order to contend with the varying market conditions and the challenges looking forward

  • Indices
  • 01 October 2009
A force to be reckoned with

Global Pensions asked a panel of experts to discuss the growth of fundamental indices and how they are performing during the current economic climate

  • Indices
  • 01 October 2009
Thomson Reuters enters index market with 800 indices

GLOBAL - Thomson Reuters has unveiled a range of 800 indices covering global markets - benchmarking specific countries and sectors on which investment vehicles such as exchange traded funds can be based.

  • ETFs
  • 14 September 2009
Thomson Reuters enters index market with 800 indices

Thomson Reuters has unveiled a range of 800 indices covering global markets to help benchmark specific countries and sectors on which investment vehicles such as exchange traded funds can be based.

  • Indices
  • 14 September 2009
Review of FTSE4Good index sees 15 firms axed

GLOBAL - FTSE Group has added 33 companies and removed 15 firms from its FTSE4Good index following a semi-annual review.

  • Indices
  • 10 September 2009
Review of FTSE4Good index sees 15 firms axed

FTSE Group has added 33 companies and removed 15 firms from its FTSE4Good index following a semi-annual review.

  • Indices
  • 10 September 2009
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