Jim Wiederhold

Jul 5, 2023 | indexologyblog.com | Brian Luke |Jim Wiederhold |George Valantasis

After extensive market outreach, S&P Dow Jones Indices launched the S&P GSCI Light Energy Climate Aware to satisfy a need for a benchmark tied to sustainability and the energy transition, but with a lighter energy weighting than the new S&P GSCI Climate Aware.

Jun 21, 2023 | indexologyblog.com | Jim Wiederhold |George Valantasis |Craig Lazzara

After extensive market outreach, S&P Dow Jones Indices launched the S&P GSCI Light Energy Climate Aware to satisfy a need for a benchmark tied to sustainability and the energy transition, but with a lighter energy weighting than the new S&P GSCI Climate Aware.

Apr 17, 2023 | indexologyblog.com | Anu Ganti |Sean Freer |Jim Wiederhold |Narottama Bowden

For the first time, our SPIVA® Europe Year-End 2022 Scorecard measures the performance of actively managed fixed income funds, covering 11 categories across currencies and credit quality. Fixed income funds had a better record than their equity brethren in 2022, with a majority of funds outperforming in five reported categories over a one-year horizon (compared to none of our 22 equity categories).

Apr 17, 2023 | indexologyblog.com | Tim Edwards |Anu Ganti |Sean Freer |Jim Wiederhold

After 83% of euro-denominated pan-regional equity funds failed to outperform the S&P Europe 350® in the 10 years leading up to the start of 2022, last year brought an intriguing change in the market winds, including the end of near-zero interest rates and, along with it, higher hopes for stock-picking. There was higher dispersion and, with value stocks beating their peers, there were certainly opportunities for outperformance for those managers paying attention to fundamentals.