Complexity, ESG, decrement, and the latest trends in indexing were among the topics discussed by a panel of four senior figures from the indexing world on day one of SRP Europe 2023, which took place on 8 March in London.
Concerns around complexity with regards to some of the indices seen in the retail structured products market were discussed by the panel. “The pace of innovation is very high, clients and investors are asking for new data sets to be included in indices and they ask for more complex calculation methodologies,” said Erik Rotander, head of index sales and relationship management, Emea, Bloomberg Index Services Limited. “There comes a point when the complexity may be a step too fa