SRP Americas 2024: thematics and the concept of finding a pure play

Moderator Rick Redding, CEO at the Index Industry Association, kicked off the panel by asking participants about the importance of index selection for structured products and the role of innovation. “Are there too many indexes?” he said. Competition is a good thing, it drives innovation, but you cannot over-engineer or innovate at the expense of the investor -  Neil McAllister, Morningstar There has been an increase in the number of indices in the structured products space