Index firms under pressure to add value for investors

Data has fast become a key focus for investors in recent years – notably how it is sourced, accessed and analysed – so index providers, with their technology and analytics expertise, should be sitting pretty. Yet they are also under ever greater pressure to justify their fees, as these account for a greater proportion of asset managers’ and asset owners’ costs in today’s lower-margin environment. Hence the rising importance of expertise in areas such as risk analytics, stress test…