Standard & Poor's Custom Indices provides real-time custom index values so you can offer your clients unique tradable investment products.
The benefits are clear:
Intra-day dissemination of indices at 15-second intervals via a number of data vendors.
Custom indices calculated with the same integrity as any other S&P index.
The ability to calculate any index strategy real-time, including equal weighted, capped and sector indices.
The confidence of having an independent third-party whose core competency is the calculation of indices, verify and disseminate your index returns.
Custom Indices in Practice
IPOX Schuster LLC wanted to calculate indices that treated Initial Public Offerings (IPO’s) as a separate investment sector. Standard & Poor’s now calculates the IPOX Composite, IPOX-100 and IPOX-30 indices on a real-time basis. The IPOX-100 and IPOX-30 indices utilize a 10% weight capping on all constituents and is rebalanced on a quarterly basis.
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www.ipoxschuster.com
When the world's largest equity options exchange wanted to enter the index derivatives market, it needed a partner with world class index know-how. The International Securities Exchange (ISE) chose Standard & Poor's to provide real-time calculation services for an entire suite of new indices. For more information on ISE, and its ISE 50 TM, ISE 100 TM, and ISE 250 TM indices, please visit www.iseoptions.com.
