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Latest index developments
ESG indices enter a more selective phase of growth
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A FTSE Russell–SGX paper on Japan opens a wider question: where is sustainable indexing gaining durable use in 2026?
ESMA brings Nasdaq-100 into the EU significant-benchmark perimeter
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ESMA’s public benchmark-administrator surface has added the Nasdaq-100 Index after Nasdaq notified that EU use had crossed the €50bn threshold. The classification keeps a major US index administrator inside the EU Benchmarks Regulation’s significant-benchmark perimeter and on the Article 32 recognition route.
Read full article →B3’s index catalogue supports Brazil’s expanding ETF market
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B3’s growing catalogue of equity, fixed-income and thematic indices is feeding a Brazilian exchange-traded-fund (ETF) market that reached 204 listed funds and R$126 billion in assets by June 2026.
HKEX moves its Tech 100 index strategy into ETF execution
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has moved its proprietary Tech 100 benchmark from index construction into investable-product execution through the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking an HKEX-branded equity index.