London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) has introduced an enhanced suite of index, market data and analytics tools to support global infrastructure investors.

To meet this growing investor demand, global index provider FTSE Russell has introduced the FTSE Fixed Income Core Infrastructure Index Series. This complements its equity infrastructure index series, introduced in 2011.

Following the same underlying methodology as the equity infrastructure index series, this new fixed income extension is designed as a vehicle for infrastructure-focused investors to diversify and broaden their multi-asset investment portfolios. The index series aims to serve as a benchmark measure as well as the basis for investment portfolios.

Refinitiv tracked 2,551 individual infrastructure projects were announced in 2020 with a total value of US $739 billion, a 5.5% increase compared to 2019, which demonstrates that the pandemic has had little effect in slowing infrastructure ambitions. Sustainable infrastructure is leading the way – over half of the 2,551 projects announced were categorized as renewables, such as biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar and wind.

These new FTSE Russell indexes join the recent introduction of Infrastructure 360, Refinitiv’s new global investor application. Available to investors as part of Refinitiv Workspace, Infrastructure 360 is one of the most comprehensive collections of news, data, insights and analytics available on global infrastructure developments.

The application combined bottom-up, fundamental information on infrastructure developments, including green energy projects, and can serve as a complement to FTSE Russell’s infrastructure index suite.

LSEG’s recently completed acquisition of Refinitiv has created a global leader in data and analytics with a broad range of investment solutions and indexes, trading workflow, capital market and wealth advisory and risk intelligence services. LSEG’s Data & Analytics division works as a partner to customers in every global market, providing data to help them make critical investment decisions, create leading investment and trading products and drive automation and efficiencies across operations.