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Index providers push at global frontiers
Demand is growing for an ever more diversified and specialised sets of indices
Shrinking horizons are force for change
Geographic extension in frontier markets is reaching its limits, so the search is on to index using new criteria
Hedge fund indices compete for attention
There are now more than a dozen hedge fund indices employing a range of methodologies
Index providers seize on an opportunity to fill the gaps
As investors continue to widen their horizons, more indices will spring up to cover the push into emerging markets
Islamic investment products offer boost to global exposure
Muslim faith-based investments are growing in popularity and there is increasingly demand from institutional investors for shariah compliant indexing
Investors fuel the drive for innovation
Exchange traded funds are benefiting from a flight of capital from other markets looking for passive strategies
Optimism over areas for growth
Index providers say their market is an exception to the general downwards trend and the appetite for indices remains undimmed
Need for property benchmark intensifies
A barometer of global real estate has never been more necessary given the hundreds of billions of pounds locked in the sector, but valuations of commercial property portfolios, in particular, remain a puzzle
A shift in focus on use of equities indices
Conventional cap-weighted equities indices are becoming increasingly irrelevant as a guide to investment and are used instead to measure performance
Simple could be the best strategy
Fundamental indices have been proven to perform well over time, but suffer periods of underperformance. The solution might be an equal-weighted fundamental index
