UK-based index provider FTSE Russell has entered into a collaboration agreement with Trendrating, a Swiss-based momentum analytics firm, to develop new innovative momentum indexes.
Under the deal, the two entities will develop a range of indexes based on FTSE Global Equity Index Series, which will incorporate Trendrating’s momentum model and support data as a core component of the methodology.
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Trendrating, which was established in 2013, offers a variety of tools developed to increase investment performance and improve risk control.
Trendrating is currently used by over 100 institutional fund managers across Europe, the US and Asia to enhance their investment decision making process.
The partnership will bolster FTSE Russell’s existing range of factor products including the FTSE Global Factor Index Series and the FTSE Global Diversified Factor Index Series.
FTSE Russell said that these indexes are used by institutions as a performance benchmark and risk management tool, and by product issuers as a foundation for new ETFs and funds.
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By GlobalDataFTSE Russell CEO Mark Makepeace: "The products will be developed using both firms’ expertise and supported by FTSE Russell’s longstanding commitment to strong and transparent governance."
Trendrating founder and CEO Rocco Pellegrinelli said: "This collaboration with FTSE Russell represents a huge leap forward for momentum investing and further endorses our momentum model as one of the leading methods to enable fund managers to harness the power of this important factor."
