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Small Index Providers Look To Thematic Index

As it stands, the market for indices is highly concentrated. MSCI, S&P and FTSE Russell account for almost 30% of U.S.-listed ETFs, while 191 providers are fighting for 50% of funds. Indxx Managing Partner Rahul Sen Sharma about the competition smaller index managers face, and their opportunities in the thematic ETF space. W hat do you think the demand is going to be over the next six to 12 months and beyond for bespoke indexes based on your conversations with ETF issuers? Sen Sharma:  We were one of the earlier innovators in the thematic indexing space. We launched a suite of indexes that we licensed to Global X back in 2015-2016. We’ve seen strong demand from our customer base since then. Our assets are up more than 150% over the last 12 months. What we see in the market, and all the research that we have done, leads us to believe that that will continue, if not accelerate—not only in the U.S., but also in other markets where we have indices licensed. We expect the tr

Why Is Index Development Maintenance and Services So Famous?

The index development of indices is one of our key areas of expertise. While new indices can be set up based on a client's existing concept, they're often the result of a client coming to us with a rough idea, or are based on a concept jointly developed with our client – a highly flexible approach. We offer a wide range of indices covering virtually everything that can be done with equities and fixed income over different asset classes including derivatives, commodities, currencies, interest rates, alternatives, and multi-asset indices. Indices can be designed to offer exposure to a particular thematic field, meet certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, or employ various factors in order to outperform. Strategies can also be delta-one or non-delta-one, considering, for example, currency-hedged indices, long/short indices, volatility target/cap indices, leveraged indices, delta-hedged indices, as well as optimization indices. Access a full range of inde

Understanding market index and the need for index calculator

A market index is a hypothetical investment portfolio containing investment holding representing a part of the financial market. You can carry  index calculation   by looking at the values that come from underlying holdings. Here, some are based on revenue-weighting, market-cap weighting, fundamental-weighting or float-weighting. Why it’s necessary to keep track of the market index? Investors regularly follow different market indexes to benefit from their movements. The three most vital index to track includes DJIA, Nasdaq, and S&P500 index. However, it is only possible to gauge the trends when you have accurate investment calculations. This way, you will know whether you have to use one of your well-established indices to start or make a  white label index  your personal intellectual property.  How does an index calculator help you in these? No matter the case, whether you are already a seasoned investor or seeking to get started on one, you will need an index calculator.