FTSE Watch List Index Series
The FTSE Watch List Index Series is a set of 12 benchmark indices illustrating the impact of the addition of region-specific indices within FTSE's widely used global benchmark series. Three new indices have been added to the existing nine watch list indices:
- FTSE Developed incl. Israel Index;
- FTSE Emerging ex Israel, ex Pakistan Index;
- FTSE All-World ex Pakistan Index.
The nine existing benchmark indices illustrate the impact of the addition of China 'A' Shares as well as the potential promotion of South Korea and Taiwan from advanced emerging to developed status.
The indices are calculated as an indicator of what current market performance would look like if certain 'FTSE Watch List' events had already taken place. They allow investors to assess precisely the influence on turnover, investment flows and weightings that any possible reclassification of the four markets currently on FTSE's Watch List would have on portfolios.
The 12 indices are as follows:
- FTSE China Index (Watch List);
- FTSE China ex A Share Index (Watch List);
- FTSE All China Index (Watch List);
- FTSE All China ex A Share Index (Watch List);
- FTSE Greater China Index (Watch List);
- FTSE Asia Pacific ex Japan Index (Watch List);
- FTSE Emerging incl. China A ex Korea ex Taiwan Index (Watch List);
- FTSE Developed All Cap incl. Korea Taiwan Index (Watch List);
- FTSE Emerging All Cap ex Korea ex Taiwan Index (Watch List);
- FTSE Developed inc. Israel Index (Watch List);
- FTSE Emerging ex Israel, ex Pakistan Index (Watch List;
- FTSE All-World ex Pakistan Index (Watch List).
The FTSE Watch List Index Series is calculated independently of the ongoing country classification assessment and do not pre-empt a future decision of the FTSE Equity Committee. Updates on FTSE country consultation will be communicated annually every September.