Webinars

Join the conversation as our head of index investment strategy, Tim Edwards, and Financial Times' Alphaville editor and global finance correspondent, Robin Wigglesworth, examine what’s driving current market conditions and explore key insights from S&P Indices versus Active (SPIVA®) Scorecards’ 20 years tracking the active versus passive debate.

Innovation and Opportunity in the Evolving Passive Investing Ecosystem

Advances in index-based strategies have given investors greater access to equity and fixed income markets and inspired new approaches to investing.

Join the Japan Exchange Group/JPX Research Institute and S&P Dow Jones Indices as we bring together industry leaders to discuss topics including:

• Where the Japanese equity market stands today and where it may be headed
• Why demand for passive strategies is growing in Japan and around the world
• How strategies focused on dividends, thematics and fixed income are expanding investors’ opportunity set

As the world wrestles with climate change, investors are seeking solutions to address its effects on global markets.

Factor strategies may help advisors confront the heightened concentration risk, economic uncertainty and geopolitical dynamics that define our current market.

Dividends’ share of total return has increased amid volatility, rising rates and high inflation, sparking heightened investor interest across the market cap spectrum. Can investors pursue a range of exposures beyond large cap while still focusing on high-quality companies delivering consistent dividend growth?

While the use of ETFs by insurance companies declined by 24% to USD 36 billion in 2022, the vast majority of the decline was due to valuation changes. How has the bear market affected trading patterns and dynamics, and how are insurance companies using ETFs today?

Offering quality and competitive yields, munis are reentering the spotlight as a way to diversify within fixed income. However, some muni strategies are more costly than others. How can advisors seek out opportunities while keeping bond-buying costs low?

Insurers are dealing with the return of liquidity challenges, as rates continue to climb and bond issuance declines. How are index-based strategies helping insurers measure and address liquidity in this changing yield landscape?

Amid concerns of increased market volatility, rising rates and high inflation, advisors are looking for ways to access income. Both dividend growth and high-yield dividend strategies have generated interest, but how do they compare?

As the climate investing conversation plays out on the global stage, all eyes are on a formidable challenge: net zero. What does net zero alignment really mean and how are today’s investors stepping up to the plate to make it a reality?