Combining asset classes for long-term success. In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, quantitative researcher Alberto Allegrucci explains why the 60/40 equity/bond asset allocation model fell out of favour after Covid. He discusses FTSE Russell’s quantitative model for a long-term balanced macro asset allocation.

In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Emerald Yau, Head of Equity Index Product Management for FTSE Russell in Asia, talks about an important measure of equity resilience—free cash flow—and how her team has recently designed a set of indices to embed this measure.

Why is concentration risk a concern? In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Sebastian Lancetti, Head of Index Research & Design, Americas joins us to discuss perhaps the hottest topic in investment. What has happened historically after periods of extreme equity market concentration? What are the different ways to diversify an equity index? And what is FTSE Russell's new target diversification approach?

Why do we call the Russell 1000 and 2000 'better' benchmarks? In the first episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Catherine Yoshimoto, Director of Product Management at FTSE Russell explains how the Russell Reconstitution process works, the significance of Russell Recon Day for the overall US equity market and how the calendar is changing next year.

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