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Nov 29, 2023

What Do Insurance Companies Need to Know About SPIVA?

How and when are insurers implementing index-based strategies as they seek liquidity, diversification, and risk mitigation? S&P DJI’s Raghu Ramachandran and Anu Ganti join BlackRock’s Andrew Masalin to discuss what’s driving passive outperformance and the use of ETFs by insurers through the lens of SPIVA.

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Oct 19, 2023

Tracking the Sun with Indices

How can an index measure the companies driving the continued rise of solar power?  Take a custom look at how indexing works for solar with S&P DJI’s Michael Mell and MAC Solar Index’s Richard Asplund.

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Sep 29, 2023

Tracking Shariah Compliance with Indices

How are indices helping expand the range of Shariah-compliant tools for market participants? S&P DJI’s John Welling and Chimera Capital’s Sherif Salem join Dubai Financial Markets’ Eric Salomons for a look inside how S&P DJI’s Shariah-compliant and Sukuk indices are helping investors evaluate and access local, regional, and global markets while adhering to Islamic law…

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Sep 28, 2023

Measuring the Global Clean Energy Opportunity Set

Climate change, resource scarcity and the transition to a low-carbon economy are creating robust, long-term demand for global clean energy solutions. Look inside the S&P Global Clean Energy Index, an innovative index built on robust datasets that seeks to track pure, liquid and transparent exposure to clean energy.

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Sep 27, 2023

Exploring the Case for Global Diversification in the Middle East

What’s the role of global diversification in the Middle East? S&P DJI’s John Welling and Chimera Capital’s Sherif Salem join Dubai Financial Markets’ Eric Salomons for a closer look at the growing role of passive investing in the Middle East and how investors are using indices to inform allocations.

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May 24, 2023

A Quick Look at Key USD Indices and Fixed Income ETF Flows This Year

2022 marked a full year of rate hikes, unprecedented since the Global Financial Crisis, which propelled short-term yields upward and in turn ultimately caused the 10-2 spread1 to fall below zero in the second half of 2022, where it has since stayed. Recent market expectations suggest that the end of rate rises is perhaps in…

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May 1, 2023

Lessons from 20 Years of Equal Weight

How has equal-weight compared with cap-weight historically? S&P DJI’s Hamish Preston and Invesco’s Nick Kalivas explore how differences in index construction have influenced index performance, sector and factor composition, and results in the latest SPIVA Scorecards.

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Feb 9, 2023

Exploring the Defensive Advantage

Take a closer look at the participation and protection characteristics of sector and defensive factor indices with S&P DJI’s Craig Lazzara and Anu Ganti.

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Jan 31, 2023

Examining the Dividend Risk Premium

How do you measure the dividend risk premium on the S&P 500 and why does it make sense to track with an index? S&P DJI’s Michael Mell takes a custom look at indexing dividend futures with Metaurus Advisors’ Rick Silva, and Compass Point Financial’s Andrew Jones.

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Jan 23, 2023

Indexing Income: How Are Insurers Diversifying with Dividends?

As insurers face one of the most challenging bond markets in decades, many insurance companies are looking for different ways to generate revenue. S&P DJI’s Raghu Ramachandran and Rupert Watts join State Street Global Advisors’ Ben Woloshin for a closer look at how and why some insurers are implementing indexed-based equity strategies.

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