Some groups take benchmarking services in-house, threatening providers’ revenue Cut-throat competition has squeezed prices in fund management but one faction has been immune — the index companies that provide the benchmarks against which trillions of dollars of investment assets are managed. An...
FTSE Russell ranks first in global revenue, followed by S&P and MSCI, Rising assets under management in ETFs drive a 14.8% surge in asset-based fees, 2018 volatility supports strong growth in derivative index license revenues Global index revenue increased 13.4% in...
This week’s investor relations-related stories from around the web Investors are planning to hold directors and audit partners to task for their roles in accounting scandals, according to the Financial Times. Pointing to companies such as Carillion, Interserve and Patisserie Valerie,...
In September 2018, Burton-Taylor International Consulting (part of TP ICAP's Data & Analytics division) released its first annual global share & segment sizing report on the financial index industry. Since then, we have continued to chronicle the key events shaping...
As asset managers try self-indexing, what's to stop indices groups launching funds? The index industry is in the pink. The rise and rise of passive investing, and particularly of exchange traded funds, has delivered double-digit revenue growth — and the forecast...