FTSE: ETF indexing evolution

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Tony Raw managing director, global sales at FTSE talks to Clare Dickinson about how the indexing business has developed

The indexing business at FTSE has come a long way since April 2000 when the iShares FTSE 100 ETF became the first ETF to be listed on the London Stock Exchange. When Tony Raw joined the company in 2007 indices were still typically long-only, single asset class affairs. Since then the art of indexing has undergone a huge transformation. Raw began his career on the trading and institutional brokerage floors at investment banks in London and New York. After that he had roles at Reuters and Thompson; “when they opted for the merge I opted to look at other opportunities. I looked at where th...

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