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Regulators turn gaze on ESG rating providers—for better or worse
Governments around the world are looking to clamp down on providers of ESG ratings and data products. Jo wonders what the implications could be for a still nascent market.
2014 Review: Infrastructure Deals Drive M&A, Funding Activity in 2014
This year saw its fair share of mergers, acquisitions and investments, with some deals driven by expansion plans, others by strategic opportunism, and others spurred by unforeseen circumstances.
LSE Announces £938M Rights Issue to Fund Russell Acquisition
The London Stock Exchange has announced that it intends to raise £938 million ($1.561 billion) in a rights issue (an issue of rights to buy additional securities in a company made to the company's existing security holders) to fund part of the $2.7…
Opening Cross: Forget ‘Keep it Simple, Stupid.’ Think KIDD—’Keep it Diversified, Dummy"
The market data business is increasingly governed by the need to diversify to respond to market and investment trends. Trading firms seeking exposure to new opportunities diversify the datasets they consume in search of the one that will give them an…
UPDATE: LSE Eyes FTSE-Russell Index Data Combo
The London Stock Exchange plans to consolidate the index calculation and data distribution platforms of its FTSE index subsidiary with those of US-based index provider Russell Indexes—and may migrate the index platforms to proprietary LSE technologies,…
LSE Lays Out Russell Acquisition Proposal
The London Stock Exchange has agreed to buy US-based index provider and asset manager Russell Investments from the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company for $2.7 billion, in a move to diversify its revenue streams and expand into the US market.
LSE's Russell Buy to Boost International Index Appeal; Analysts Wary of Data Cost Impact
The London Stock Exchange's proposed acquisition of US-based index provider and asset manager Russell Investments from the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company will allow the exchange to diversify its revenue streams and expand its outreach into the US…
LSE Confirms Russell Acquisition Talks
The London Stock Exchange confirmed reports today, Tuesday, May 20, that it has entered into exclusive talks with the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company to buy US-based index provider and asset manager Russell Investments.
Speed, Listing Exclusivity Promote New Volatility Index Options
Patrick Fay, director of listed derivatives at Russell Investments' index arm, says the way to a successful volatility index option is through the buy side. The rub? Not every buy-side firm understands derivatives the same way.
Charles River Adds Constituent-level Benchmark Data
The Charles River Data Service is collecting constituent-level benchmark data and feeding it into the company's investment management system.
Russell Revamps, Unbundles Index Pricing
Russell Indexes, the index provider subsidiary of asset manager Russell Investments, is introducing a new pricing model for its RussellTick real-time feed of US and global consolidated index data, reflecting enhancements made to the product as part of an…
Indexes special report
April 2013 - sponsored by: Interactive Data, Russell Indexes, Thomson Reuters
Will ’13 Prove Unlucky for Some?
The number 13 is often considered unlucky, and with that in mind, what better way for Inside Market Data to kick off 2013 than by asking 13 data industry experts to provide their views on what might prove unlucky or unforeseen for the industry this year…
Update: Nasdaq Eyes Index Growth with Acquisition of Mergent Index Biz
Deal will expand Nasdaq's custom and thematic indexes, significantly increasing assets under management linked to its index families.
