Thomson Reuters has entered the equity index market for the first time with a global range of 800 equity indices, intended to help investors monitor global markets, benchmark specific countries, regions, and sectors, and develop investment vehicles.
For the derivatives market, the new indices’ arrival opens up the prospect of new ranges of equity futures and options, perhaps offered by exchanges that do not already list equity index derivatives.
The biggest of such contracts are among the most actively traded futures and options in the world, such as CME Group’s E-Mini S&P 500 Future, Eurex’s Dow Jones EuroStoxx 50 Future, Liffe’s...