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S&P 500 in Focus: Global Trends and Local Insights
How is the continued evolution of the S&P 500 ecosystem helping market participants around the globe express views and manage risk? S&P DJI’s Tim Edwards and Cboe Global Markets’ Mandy Xu explore how the iconic index reflects global trends and how network effects are helping bring increased transparency and price efficiency to markets around the world.
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Why Does Index Liquidity Matter?
Explore how the equity and fixed income trading ecosystems are evolving in response to the continued growth of asset–tracking indices and what it could mean for investors with S&P DJI’s Tim Edwards and Anu Ganti.
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Creative Cacophony
The ETF industry has hit a major milestone, reaching USD $10 trillion in assets under management in the U.S. Commentary on the rise of index-based or passive investing may be widespread, but it is harder to find estimates of how truly “passive” their holders are. Secondary market volumes offer a fascinating, important and complementary perspective….
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The S&P/ASX Index for “Larger,” More Liquid Small Caps
What would you get if you carved out the 100 smallest companies in the S&P/ASX 200 into their own index? You’d have the S&P/ASX 200 Ex-S&P/ASX 100 Index. Alternatively, you’d have also segmented the largest 100 companies in the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries. Companies listed on the ASX are grouped into broad market, large-, mid- and…
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Navigating Private Credit Liquidity Challenges with Indices
What’s driving insurance companies’ increased allocation to private credit? S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Lynn Bachstetter joins S&P DJI’s Frans Scheepers and State Street Global Advisors’ Bill Ahmuty to explore how indices like the iBoxx Liquid Leveraged Loan Index are helping insurers identify and navigate liquidity challenges in private credit markets.
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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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A Tactical Look at Sectors
How are advisors using sector data to understand market trends and inform investment decisions? S&P DJI’s Anu Ganti joins Fairlead Strategies’ Katie Stockton to discuss practical applications for sector indices.
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Exploring Two Decades of Fixed Income Innovation
Take a closer look at the latest SPIVA results as S&P DJI’s Brian Luke and BlackRock’s Stephen Laipply discuss how indexing works for fixed income, the iBoxx liquidity ecosystem, and what a growing range of passive tools could mean for yield seekers as income returns to fixed income.
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Active vs. Passive, Bond ETFs, bond yields, Brian Luke, credit risk management, derivatives, duration risk management, fixed income, Fixed Income ETFs, fixed income mutual funds, futures, high yield corporates, iBoxx, income generation, indexing, interest rate management, investment grade corporates, iTraxx, options, rising rates, S&P Indices vs. Active, SPIVA, total return swaps
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Tip of the Iceberg: Fixed Income ETFs in Times of Crisis
20 and 15 years after the launches of the first ETFs based on the iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade (IG) Index and iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield (HY) Index, respectively, ETFs are increasingly used to trade fixed income without the necessity of transacting individual bonds. The tradability of bond ETFs has been leveraged by a…
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What Fixed Income Index Liquidity Means for Insurers
How are index-based strategies helping insurers measure and address liquidity in their portfolios? Take a closer look at the why index liquidity matters with S&P DJI’s Nick Godec, Morgan Stanley’s Meredith Shaw, and BlackRock’s James Winslow. https://youtu.be/_Zk9DGSxEO0
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