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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...
Tobam and FTSE have launched an index series based on diversification, offering a more risk-based view than the more traditional market cap weighting
The index business used to be very straightforward and dominated by a relatively small number of third-party providers. Those well-known index creators provided benchmark indices, and some taste of exotica,...
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A PDF of this article with supporting data and performance charts is available here Europe's benchmark index the Euro Stoxx 50 fell dramatically in the three months to the end of September (with a 23.5% fall between end-July and end-September alone)....
Index roundup
Barclays Capital has launched the Offshore Renminbi Bond Index, which aims to track the growing market of Renminbi-denominated bonds issued outside the People’s Republic of China. The index is offered as a standalone index that complements other Asia-Pacific...
Index round-up
Dow Jones Indexes has launched a series of European dividends-focused and European real estate-driven indexes. The eight additions are the latest in the company's succession of new market barometers underscoring the its revitalised commitment to a region...
Structurers seek ways to tap Chinese growth as equities suffer
Investors in China are getting nervous as traditional asset classes such as stocks and commodities experience high volatility, with the MSCI China Index dropping 25% in September
Efficacy of alpha strategies called into question
Alpha strategies may result in lower volatility but they do not necessarily provide higher returns, according to market participants
Investors urged to adopt a financial risk-based approach to environmental...
The financial crisis has led to a greater awareness of the need for a much broader analysis of corporate performance and risk that encompasses environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, rather than merely focusing on quarterly returns, say market...
Index Innovation of the year
Standard & Poor's In addition to taking the Vix methodology to Hong Kong in partnership with Hang Seng Bank, Standard & Poor's (S&P) has overcome a stagnant new issuance market in Asia in the past year by focusing on three themes: providing investors...
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