FTSE Russell Index Ideas

Index Ideas by FTSE Russell is your front-row seat to the changing landscape of index investing. This podcast explores how cutting-edge benchmarks are built to solve real-world investment challenges, helping you to manage risk and capture new opportunities. Stay ahead of market shifts and understand the ideas shaping tomorrow’s passive strategies.

FTSE Russell Index Ideas is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 25 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts FTSE Russell Index Ideas, a business show with 25 episodes published.

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  Episode #2

  Avoiding debtor bias in a global sovereign bond index

  Sep 30, 202616 minS3

  In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Abhi Desai, Senior Analyst, Fixed Income Custom Solutions at FTSE Russell and Olivier Genin, Deputy Head Investment and Product Strategy, Head of Fixed Income and Responsible Investing Product Strategy, Amundi ETF and Indexing, discuss the design and use cases of FTSE GDP-Weighted World Government Bond index (WGBI), in which constituent country weights are determined by economic footprint, rather than the market value of debt in issue. Chapters (00:01:39) - What is the GDP-Adjusted FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI)? (00:03:57) - GDP weighting explained: A new approach to sovereign bond allocation (00:05:36) - How GDP weighting changes country exposure and diversification (00:08:10) - FTSE WGBI vs. GDP-adjusted WGBI (00:11:12) - Methodology, performance and the future of GDP-based index investing

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  Why WMR is the global standard for currency reporting and valuation

  Sep 17, 202617 minS3

  In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Paul Clarke, head of FX benchmark product management at FTSE Russell, talks about the unique role played by benchmarks in the global currency markets. He describes the design features, use cases and oversight of the WMR FX benchmarks, which provide an objective, reliable and representative snapshot of FX rates across global markets. Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:31) - What are the WMR FX benchmarks, and who uses them? (00:03:36) - Comparing equity and FX benchmarks (00:04:34) - Why FX markets trade over the counter (00:05:52) - Processing data (00:08:18) - Explaining the 5-minute benchmark window (00:09:38) - Designing benchmarks: Are there trade-offs? (00:11:32) - Unpacking standard benchmark timings (00:14:15) - How the FX market is evolving (00:16:00) - Upcoming changes

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  Episode #12

  Exploring climate scenarios

  Aug 5, 202614 minS2

  In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Stephanie Maier, global head of sustainable at FTSE Russell and Thomas Bremner Bligaard, Managing Director and co-founder of Planetrics, talk about climate scenarios following the fracturing of the global consensus on 2050 net-zero targets. They discuss how best to price climate risk and integrate transition and physical risk into a combined portfolio view. Chapters (00:00:01) - Introduction (00:01:13) - What is climate risk analytics? Meet Planetrics (00:01:48) - FTSE Russell & Planetrics climate index partnership (00:02:26) - Why global climate policy is becoming more fragmented (00:03:40) - Net zero progress: where the energy transition is succeeding and lagging (00:04:35) - Climate scenario analysis in an uncertain world (00:06:17) - How asset owners are managing climate risk and investment opportunities (00:07:50) - Pricing climate risk in investment portfolios (00:09:10) - Physical vs transition risk: building a complete climate risk view (00:11:04) - Climate scenario-based indices and the future of sustainable investing (00:11:55) - Planetrics & FTSE Russell indices (00:12:37) - Closing remarks

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  Episode #11

  The 2026 energy shock

  Jul 28, 202619 minS2

  In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Lee Clements, director of applied sustainable investment research at FTSE Russell, discusses the energy shock triggered by the 2026 Iran war, its likely impact on economies and the energy transition and how the shock has affected the risk and return characteristics of different FTSE Russell sustainable indices. Chapters (00:00:01) - Introduction (00:01:16) - A historically unprecedented energy shock (00:02:16) - The energy shock is rewiring global supply chain (00:03:43) - Countries most impacted by the 2026 energy shock (00:06:29) - The global pivot to fossil fuels (00:09:20) - How the war is accelerating clean energy transition (00:10:51) - The energy crisis impact: 1970s vs 2026 (00:14:04) - How the war is reshaping the global economy (00:16:09) - How investors should incorporate energy sensitivity in their portfolios

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  Episode #10

  Can value investing be saved?

  Jul 16, 202613 minS2

  In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Sergiy Lesyk, director of research and analytics at FTSE Russell, looks at one of the classic equity market factors—value. He explains why value investors have faced a tough time in recent years and how definitions of value have also been questioned. Lesyk discusses FTSE Russell’s approach to building value portfolios and how best to remove off-target exposures. Chapters (00:00:01) - Disclaimer (00:00:35) - Introduction (00:01:37) - Why are markets questioning the value premium? (00:02:25) - Recent market trends that have made value investing hard (00:04:13) - How does FTSE Russell calculate the value factor? (00:04:55) - Why does a single value factor portfolio have exposures to other factors? (00:06:20) - Why value factor portfolio exposures matter (00:07:05) - How can the Index designer remove undesired factor exposures from the value portfolio? (00:09:34) - What impact does neutralisation have on the value factor portfolio's risk and return? (00:11:05) - Trade-offs of more neutralised value indexes (00:12:00) - Find out more on the FTSE Russell website

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