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Liquidity in Latin American Equity Markets: A Tale of Two Trends
During recent years, Latin American flagship indices have exhibited strong performance, surpassing the gains of the broader emerging markets segment: in local currency terms, the S&P Latin America BMI has posted 10.0% annualized performance over the past five years, while the S&P Emerging BMI has trailed with 7.7% annualized performance. During this period, all local…
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Beyond Borders: The Significance of the S&P 500 in Options-Based Strategies
In the U.S. market, options-based ETFs have experienced exponential growth in recent years, with total assets reaching USD 245 billion as of December 2025. These strategies have been increasingly adopted as mainstream tools in portfolio construction, offering more predictable outcomes and income diversification. Other regions are catching up with this trend at varying rates, with…
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Mapping Liquidity across S&P 500 Sectors
Trading linked to S&P 500® sectors has expanded meaningfully in recent years, as market participants increasingly use sector instruments to allocate capital, hedge risk and express relative views within U.S. equities. As participation in index-linked markets has grown, liquidity has become an informative signal, revealing where attention is focused and how risk is being transferred….
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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