European renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) prices showed remarkable stability, with the blended P25 – the most competitive 25th percentile wind and solar PPA offer prices – increasing just 0.1 per cent quarter over quarter, according to LevelTen Energy’s Q1 2021 PPA Price Index. 

VTB Capital has developed and launched two new thematic indexes that allow customers to invest in the growth and development of the electric vehicle (EV) sector at different stages of the production chain. 

Here are the five reasons why we believe sustainable indexing gives investors the clarity they need to build more sustainable portfolios.

FTSE Russell has launched the first climate risk-adjusted government bond index for the inflation-linked market. The new FTSE Climate Risk-Adjusted World Inflation-Linked Securities Index Series broadens FTSE Russell’s climate solutions to the “Linkers” market. 

The Currency Exchange Fund (TCX) has launched what it says is the first-ever frontier bond currency index (TCX FI), which tracks the performance of frontier currency-linked, investment-grade Eurobonds, issued by (multilateral) development finance institutions such as the African Development Bank, EBRD, FMO, and the IFC. 

Six new OCIOs began contributing to the AlphaNasdaq OCIO Index in the fourth quarter, further solidifying the index as the investment industry standard for providing transparency and benchmarking in the OCIO industry. 

Alerian and S-Network Global Indexes have partnered with C8 Technologies, the first global marketplace for asset owners, funds, banks and index providers, to offer several unique and compelling strategies on its direct indexing platform.

Solactive has strengthened its ties with BBVA by providing two new social and governance indexes for the Spanish bank’s Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS). 

SIX has launched the SPI Gender Equality Index as part of its recently introduced ESG Indices family. Index components are selected from the largest 100 companies of the Swiss Performance Index (SPI). 

Foxberry, a provider of financial indices and front office technology for the financial sector, has launched a new indexing and analytics platform foxf9, aimed at helping financial institutions respond to an era of sustainability driven investing, hyper customisation and an increased focus on value-added content differentiation.