The S&P Global Agribusiness Composite Index is the first index to combine sub-indices of commodities and equities into one global index. The index is comprised of the S&P Global Agribusiness Index, an equity based index designed to provide liquid exposure to 24 of the largest publicly-traded agribusiness companies comprised of a mix of Producers, Distributors & Processors and Equipment & Materials Suppliers companies, and the S&P GSCI Agriculture and Livestock Index, a sub-index of the S&P GSCITM designed to provide liquid exposure to the agriculture and livestock commodities markets.
The S&P Global Agribusiness Composite Index is part of the S&P Global Thematic Indices. The series is designed to provide liquid exposure to emerging investment themes that cut across traditional industry definitions and geographical boundaries.
Index constituents exhibit the following characteristics:
- Weighting – The is equally weighted between the S&P Global Agriculture Index and the S&P GSCI Agriculture and Livestock Index and
- Reconstitution – Annual
Index Governance and Policy
This index is maintained by the S&P Index Committee, whose members include Standard & Poor’s economists and index analysts. It follows a set of published rules and policies that provide the transparent methodology used to maintain the index.