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FTSE launches global currency unit; S&P launches International Developed High Quality Rankings Index; MSCI debuts ESG ratings
The best performing FVC index in Europe in January was the accelerated index. However, this was the worst performing index over the past year, down by 14.8% since the end of January 2011. The index is...
Seeking performance while at the same time increasingly needing to control risk makes smart beta thematic index approaches such as low volatility, minimum variance and risk-weighted strategies increasingly...
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Dow Jones Indexes and UBS have launched a commodities index that measures diversified exposure to longer-dated commodity futures contracts spread across the commodity price curve. The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index 2-4-6 Forward Blend is composed of futures...
Investors turn to utilities, gold and dividends for stable returns as...
Poor equity market performance is driving investors into alternative asset classes such as utilities, gold and dividends in the search for stable returns
Dow Jones Indexes launches commodity index with fuller curve exposure
Dow Jones Indexes and UBS Securities have launched an enhanced version of the DJ-UBS Commodity Index to give investors fuller exposure to the forward curve through a single index
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A PDF of this article is available here In the US, all three FVC indexes increased over both the month and the year to October 31. Although the income index has registered the best peformance, the accelerated index, which is the most volatile of the...
Exploring the alternatives to market cap weighting
Indexes are increasingly investible, but while market cap weighting remains the dominant methodology for exchange-traded funds and structured products, debates about its inefficient risk-return trade-off are as prominent as ever. But do alternative weighted...
Tobam’s joint venture with FTSE set to open doors for ETF distribution...
Tobam and FTSE have launched an index series based on diversification, offering a more risk-based view than the more traditional market cap weighting
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