China A Shares have made headlines as major index providers have begun phasing them into their major global equity indexes. The inclusion process began recently, but FTSE Russell has offered China A Shares indexes since 2001, when China first started easing restrictions on A Shares foreign investment.
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The strong rally in global equities in the fourth quarter capped a year of robust gains across global equity markets as reflected in FTSE Russell index performance. This included a more than 31% return for the US large-cap Russell 1000® Index with similar positive returns across other developed and emerging markets equities.
As ESG issues have risen up the investment agenda, so too have the number of green claims made by investment managers, sometimes on the basis of questionable assumptions or limited data. Now, with agreement by EU institutions on the long-awaited EU Green Taxonomy, those claims will have to be firmly grounded in evidence.
The Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) provides the foundation of industry and sector analysis utilized by exchanges, investment managers and researchers across the globe. The ICB structure was recently updated to bring it up to date with the current company landscape.
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