In this episode of FTSE Russell Index Ideas, Catherine Yoshimoto, director of product management at FTSE Russell, talks about the design and use cases of the new Russell 9000 Global index, which builds on the 40-year history of the Russell index series to bring together US, developed ex-US and emerging markets stocks in a single benchmark.

Chapters

• (00:00:00) - Introduction
• (00:00:54) - Why are the Russell indexes going global?
• (00:01:38) - What is the Russell 9000 Global Index?
• (00:01:58) - The building blocks of the Russell 9000 global
• (00:04:06) - Classification of countries as developed or emerging
• (00:06:15) - How the Russell 9000 handles local listings
• (00:07:04) - How the Russell 9000 Global compares with other global equity benchmarks
• (00:07:34) - Who would benefit from the Russell 9000?
• (00:07:55) - Where to go to learn more about the Russell 9000 Global