Index Rules
FTSE publishes comprehensive index rules and calculation methodology to support all indices. They are maintained by FTSE Committees and any changes are widely publicised.
By using these index rules, you can predict how FTSE will deal with corporate actions and other changes to indices. This ensures FTSE indices are transparent and keeps down the cost of managing funds and products based on them.
The FTSE4Good Policy Committee
The management and the evolution of the FTSE4Good Index Series is placed under the direction of the FTSE4Good Policy Committee, an independent body of experts from the fields of corporate responsibility, fund management, academia and the business community. The FTSE4Good Policy Committee’s role is to:
- Act as an independent judge of the ability of constituent companies to meet the FTSE4Good Index Series criteria;
- Oversee the consultation process undertaken to develop criteria;
- Approve criteria revisions or new criteria.
To match the evolving nature of work on the FTSE4Good Index Series, other committees have been structured to assist on particular aspects. In recognition of the regional differences in awareness of and attitudes to CR, the Policy Committee was supplemented by the FTSE4Good US Advisory Committee in 2003. To assist in the specific task of identifying key areas for new criteria the Criteria Development Subcommittee was created in 2004. To assist in the work on breast milk substitutes, an expert committee has been set up.