Rick Redding, CEO of the Index Industry Association (IIA), shared the most recent developments in the indexing space and his views about the challenges index providers face as new ESG (climate disclosure) and retail investors (complex products) come into force.

Over the last two years the number of fixed income indexes has grown by 15% which is much higher than what we have seen in the past, according to Nick Redding, president of the Index industry Association (IIA). On the equity side, equity indexes continue to dominate representing 76% of global indexes yet the increase in interest rates and inflation fears have triggered a shift towards index-linked protected products, which “is really interesting because back to mid last year, when the mar