Indexes
Retrospective: Morgan Stanley leverages the downside
Follow the bear
Index roundup
Index roundup
Investors turn to utilities, gold and dividends for stable returns as equities sink
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
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Exploring the alternatives to market cap weighting
The weighting game
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
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
Index roundup
Index roundup
Index round-up
Index round-up
Structurers seek ways to tap Chinese growth as equities suffer
Structurers seek ways to tap Chinese growth as equities suffer
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, social and governance factors
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…
Index Innovation of the year
Index Innovation of the year
Trade of the month: Correlation
Trade of the month: Correlation
FVC custom indexes
FVC custom indexes
An innovative barrier
An innovative barrier
JP Morgan's reverse convertible play on metals and mining
Multiple underlyings
Dow Jones adds contango-reducing strategy to its index suite
Dow Jones adds contango-reducing strategy to its index suite
Index and ETF providers look to alternative weighting to avoid the 'concentrations and trend following bias' of market-cap weighted indexes
Index and ETF providers look to alternative weighting to avoid the 'concentrations and trend following bias' of market-cap weighted indexes
Risk Australia Spring 2011
Playing the reverse swing
Dow Jones Global Shipping Index to serve as the basis for Guggenheim Shipping ETF
Index provider Dow Jones has launched a global shipping index that will form the basis for the Guggenheim Shipping ETF
BBVA is to add volatility sub-index to its Jim Rogers’ resources index to create structured products
BBVA is to add volatility sub-index to its Jim Rogers’ resources index to create structured products