FTSE Russell Index Ideas

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.

A tool to explain index weights

In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Hannah Layman, head of sustainable index research and design at FTSE Russell, describes how she uses FTSE Russell’s “weight explainer” tool to help clients understand and communicate the drivers of different weight positions, especially in indices for sustainable investment.

Why Vietnam is joining the FTSE All-World

In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Wanming Du, director of index policy in the Asia-Pacific region for FTSE Russell, explains why we are reclassifying Vietnam from a frontier market to an emerging market and what this means for the country’s inclusion in flagship FTSE Russell equity benchmarks.