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...
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...
The global index industry saw impressive growth in 2017, with total industry revenues surpassing a record $2.7 billion for the year, as revenue grew double-digits across all revenue segments (Subscriptions, Asset-Based Fees and Other). Since 2012, the index industry has...
S&P Dow Jones Indices accounted for the largest share of global index revenues; Strong growth at MSCI and FTSE Russell supported industry revenue; Rising assets under management in ETFs drove a 23.1% surge in asset-based fees; Demand for custom index...