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 24 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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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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  FTSE Russell Index Ideas

  An index for the irreplaceable

  Jul 2, 202613 min

  In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Matt Monach, senior manager, research at FTSE Russell, explains the design and use cases of the FTSE Real Assets Industry Select Equity Index Series (FTSE RAISE), a new index family designed to help investors diversify away from the AI boom and gain exposure to companies whose value is rooted in real, hard, economically critical assets. Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:50) - What is the FTSE Real Assets Industry Select Equity Index Series (RAISE)? (00:03:08) - Included/excluded industries (00:03:44) - Index construction (00:05:24) - Index Families available in a RAISE version (00:05:38) - Real asset equities vs. commodities: Key differences (00:06:45) - Performance over the last 25 years: FTSE RAISE vs. broad equity markets (00:08:15) - Correlation insights (00:09:23) - Dividend yield comparison (00:10:20) - RAISE vs. HALO trade (00:11:35) - Real assets and AI (00:12:20) - Feedback from clients

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  Episode #8

  New APAC sovereign risk benchmarks

  Jun 17, 202614 minS2

  In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Robin Marshall, director of fixed income research at FTSE Russell, and Gary Tan, FX and rates derivatives manager at SGX, discuss the FTSE Asia Pacific Liquid Government Bond Index Series and its role as the reference benchmark for new dollar-based futures contracts on the Singapore Exchange. Chapters (00:00:39) - Introduction (00:02:09) - What is the FTSE Asia Pacific Liquid Government Bond Index series? (00:04:32) - Singapore Exchange & FTSE Russell partnership (00:05:40) - How SGX bond futures addresses the constrained APAC hedging exposure (00:07:28) - Key trends in the APAC markets (00:10:30) - The choice: US dollar vs local currency expression (00:11:32) - Where to find out more about the FTSE Asia Pacific liquid government bond series (00:12:16) - Conclusions on the FTSE Asia Pacific liquid government bond series

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