The Russell Indexes go global

New APAC sovereign risk benchmarks

In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Robin Marshall, director of fixed income research at FTSE Russell, and Gary Tan, FX and rates derivatives manager at SGX, discuss the FTSE Asia Pacific Liquid Government Bond Index Series and its role as the reference benchmark for new dollar-based futures contracts on the Singapore Exchange.

The Russell Indexes go global

In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Catherine Yoshimoto, director of product management at FTSE Russell, talks about the design and use cases of the new Russell 9000 Global index, which builds on the 40-year history of the Russell index series to bring together US, developed ex-US and emerging markets stocks in a single benchmark.

A new credit risk indicator for Canada

In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Joshua Gorelik, director of fixed income quantitative research at FTSE Russell, and Alex Prince, executive director of interest rate derivatives at the Montréal Exchange (TMX), talk about the FTSE Canada Bank Credit Spread Index Series and its role as an underlying for TMX’s FTSE Canada Bank Credit Index Futures (BCS), launched in April 2026.

Green infrastructure indices

In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Jared Butters, sustainable investment product manager at FTSE Russell, talks about the key factors driving the rising global demand for sustainable infrastructure. He goes on to talk about FTSE Russell’s green infrastructure index ranges, their design and use cases and our collaboration with external data partners.

The return to inflation-linked bonds

In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Jack Fischer, US fixed income, currency and commodity product lead at FTSE Russell, talks about the recent revival of investor interest in inflation-linked bonds and explains how FTSE Russell is catering to this demand via a range of inflation-linked indices.