Elston Consulting has unveiled its Elston Commonwealth Index family: a suite of equity indices to evaluate the performance of publicly listed equities of Commonwealth countries.
Marex Group has announced the launch of Institutional Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) indices on digital assets, with the introduction of its Marex Crypto Volatility Carry Indices.
BlackRock Aladdin has announced the expansion of its Preqin Benchmarks and Indices solutions, writing that this is designed to give investors access to both reporting-grade indices and customisable, transparent peer benchmarks in one place, helping to create a common performance measurement standard for private markets.
MerQube, a technology-led research and index firm has announced a strategic partnership with Noonum, a purpose-built AI engine for thematic investment analysis.
Bloomberg has announced the addition of Hamilton Lane’s (Nasdaq: HLNE) suite of 20 private market closed-end fund performance indices to the Bloomberg Terminal and Data License, writing that this provides investors with new data and analytical tools to evaluate and compare performance.
S&P Dow Jones Indices has announced plans to expand its work in the private markets sector with the launch of the S&P Private Equity 50 Indices in collaboration with NewVest, a private markets index manager.
Bloomberg Index Services Limited (BISL) has announced an agreement with CME Group to include EBS Market’s Spot FX transactions in its Bloomberg FX Fixings (BFIX) offering.
STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies, has announced its collaboration with Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), to support a suite of fixed income climate indices launched on June 2.
HFR has announced the launch of a new HFR Long Volatility Index, describing it as the hedge fund industry’s only pure benchmark of funds employing strategies engineered to produce strong asymmetric gains when financial market volatility surges.
Emerging Markets and Asian hedge funds led industry wide gains in early 2025 as financial market volatility surged as a result of tariff and trade uncertainty, with volatility also rising on sharp declines in both technology equities and cryptocurrencies, pushing both into market corrections through mid-1Q25.
