Refinitiv Indices is a line of indices and index services from

Refinitiv Refinitiv is an American-British global provider of financial market data and infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018. It is a subsidiary of London Stock Exchange Group after a US$27 billion sale from previous owners Blackstone Group LP ...

: * Country and Region Indices * "Alpha-creating" "Indices" * Custom Indices * Calculation Services

Country & Region Indices

Refinitiv Country & Region Indices include 51 countries and 29 regions worldwide. The indices are free-float market-capitalization weighted. Even though each index is available in price return and

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variants, dividend series are not provided by Refinitiv. The earliest of Refinitiv Country Indices start as late as April 1999. The full list of Country & Region Indices include: {, class="wikitable" , - ! 51 Countries ! ! 24 Regions , - , Argentina , Malaysia , Africa , - , Australia , Mexico , APAC , - , Austria , Morocco , APAC ex Japan , - , Bahrain , Netherlands , APAC + Russia , - , Belgium , New Zealand , BIC , - , Brazil , Norway , BRIC , - , Canada , Oman , EAFE , - , Chile , Qatar , EM APAC , - , China , Pakistan , EM Europe , - , Czech Republic , Philippines , Europe , - , Denmark , Poland , Europe ex UK, Ireland , - , Egypt , Portugal , GCC , - , Finland , Russia , G7 , - , France , Singapore , Global , - , Germany , South Africa , Global EM , - , Greece , Spain , Global ex US , - , Hong Kong , Sweden , Iberia , - , Hungary , Switzerland , Latin America , - , India , Taiwan , MENA , - , Indonesia , Thailand , NAFTA , - , Ireland , Turkey , North America , - , Israel , UAE , OIC , - , Italy , UK , Perhipheral Eurozone Countries , - , Japan , US , China, Hong Kong, Taiwan , - , Korea , Vietnam , - , Kuwait , -

Sector Indices

Refinitiv Sector Indices are defined using

The Refinitiv Business Classification The Refinitiv Business Classification (TRBC) is an industry classification of global companies. It was developed by the Reuters Group under the name Reuters Business Sector Scheme (RBSS), was rebranded to Thomson Reuters Business Classification ( ...

(TRBC). Available globally, by region or by country, Sector Indices are available at each of 10 Economic Sectors, 25 Business Sectors, 52 Industry Groups and 125 Industries. Top level global sector indices are as follows: * Refinitiv Global Energy Index * Refinitiv Global Basic Materials Index * Refinitiv Global Industrials Index * Refinitiv Global Cyclicals Index * Refinitiv Global Non-Cyclicals Index * Refinitiv Global Financials Index * Refinitiv Global Healthcare Index * Refinitiv Global Technology Index * Refinitiv Global Telecommunications Index * Refinitiv Global Utilities Index In total, Refinitiv provides 1000+ sector indices (Global, country or region).

Commodity Indices

The Refinitiv family of commodity indices represents specific subsets of commodities. Our commodity indices are among our most popular and most tracked indices, including the “Refinitiv/CoreCommodity CRB Index” and the “Refinitiv Equal Weight commodity Index”.

"Alpha-creating Indices"

Despite the fact that the term is an

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, among Refinitiv’ products are something the company markets as "alpha-creating indices" and "optimal indices". "Refinitiv Lipper Optimal Indices" include five, asset allocation-oriented "indices" that allegedly assess the trade-off between risk and return in diversified portfolios. The five "Target Risk Optimal Indices" are: * Aggressive Growth * Growth * Moderate * Conservative * Very Conservative These "indices" are "optimized" and according to the marketing department at Refinitiv "build on

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to depict the best investment outcome for various levels of risk". "Optimal Target Risk Indices" are used singly or in conjunction with other indices as benchmarks for individual investor portfolios, performance benchmarks for target risk, or as the basis for wealth management.

Custom Indices & Index calculation services

Refinitiv also creates custom indices and provides calculation services for clients.

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