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Stephanie Rowton

Senior Director, Tokenization and U.S. Equities, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Stephanie is Senior Director, Tokenization and U.S. Equities at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). In this role, Stephanie drives S&P DJI’s strategy for decentralized finance (DeFi) and spearheads innovative projects such as the tokenization of S&P DJI indices, including the S&P 500®. She oversees the tokenization go-to-market strategy, evaluates strategic investment opportunities in the digital asset ecosystem on behalf of S&P DJI and determines partnership priorities across blockchain and DeFi platforms. Her work focuses on how S&P DJI can extend its trusted index data into the evolving world of onchain finance and new asset classes.
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Aug 11, 2025

Exploring Tokenization: A New Era for Traditional Assets

In July 2025, S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) announced its entry into the tokenization space1 via a strategic collaboration with Centrifuge, a decentralized infrastructure provider. The collaboration marks the first time that S&P DJI has licensed index data for the creation of a digital token and, in doing so, will bring the S&P 500®…

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Nov 19, 2024

Sector Neutrality – An Essential Mechanism within the S&P 500 ESG Leaders Index

The S&P 500® ESG Leaders Index seeks to provide a measurement of U.S. equities while incorporating ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) factors.1 The index maintains similar industry weights to the S&P 500 while implementing stricter ESG eligibility criteria. A common misconception is that all ESG indices remove or underweight sectors deemed environmentally damaging, such as…

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Sep 9, 2024

Sector Neutrality – An Essential Mechanism within the S&P 500 ESG Index

The S&P 500® ESG Index seeks to provide a measurement of U.S. equities while incorporating ESG factors.1 The index maintains similar industry weights to the S&P 500 while enhancing the index’s sustainability characteristics. The Importance of Sector Neutrality within the S&P 500 ESG Index A common misconception is that ESG indices remove or underweight sectors…

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Aug 8, 2022

Exploring the S&P 500 ESG Leaders Index – Goldilocks’ Choice of the S&P ESG Index Series

S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) launched the S&P 500® ESG Leaders Index in February 2022. The index sits within our S&P ESG index offerings, which has been designed to offer different solutions to reflect the wide range of ESG index investment needs. Sustainable investing continues to gain traction for a multitude of reasons—one being…

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Mar 8, 2022

S&P DJI Celebrates International Women’s Day

The theme of International Women’s Day 2022 is #breakthebias, pushing for organizations to be equitable and inclusive places of work for all. This aligns with our belief at S&P Global that an inclusive economy is one where women can fully participate in the global economy. The positive correlation between gender diversity in the workplace and…

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