News

New Benchmarks Put an End to ‘Anything Goes’ for ESG Indexes

Bloomberg

Investing 101

How Are Asset Managers Approaching ESG and Their Portfolios?

ESG managers want better data, metrics – survey

Pensions & Investments

Index Industry Association Survey Finds Better Corporate Data Needed for Asset Managers to Offer Better ESG Investment Products

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As global demand for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment strategies continues to increase, asset managers question their ability to keep up with demand as they grapple with the issue of how to better define and measure sustainable investments. This is among the key findings of a recent survey of 300 U.S. and…

Das Indexgeschäft ist lukrativ wie nie – doch es formiert sich Widerstand gegen die Marktmacht

Handelsblatt

Index providers’ revenues jump to a record $4.1bn in 2020

Financial Times

The State of Indexes Explored on MSCI’s Perspectives Podcast

IIA Chief Executive Rick Redding recently sat down with the ETF Bild Project, an industry leadership group focused specifically on the exchange-traded fund community. Their discussion covers a wide range of topics, from impending new rules governing index providers

ETF Bild Project, IIA’s Rick Redding Discuss Regulation & ESG in a Wide-Ranging Interview

IIA Chief Executive Rick Redding recently sat down with the ETF Bild Project, an industry leadership group focused specifically on the exchange-traded fund community. Their discussion covers a wide range of topics, from impending new rules governing index providers and product name suitability to the growth and direction of ESG products. Read part one, focused on…

IIA Quoted in Citywire’s “Book of Benchmarks” Series, Article on ESG

“I am not sure there is going to be one solution that will meet all the investors’ needs,” IIA CEO Rick Redding told Citywire’s Kathrin Schneider. “Even big market-cap indices vary from each other. Choosing a benchmark really comes […]

IIA CEO Rick Redding Joins ETF TV for a Discussion on Self-Indexing

Following the suspension of index rebalancing by major index providers during March, concern around control of index provision has risen. The question of how control of indexing impacts funds and investors needs addressing. Self-indexing is one option for firms, but this raises questions of its own. In the latest ETF TV episode, Deborah Fuhr, Rick Redding, CEO…