Risk-Managed Crypto Indices
IDX Insights, a research & development firm, announces the launch of a series of risk-managed indices for the crypto-assets space. The IDX Risk-Managed Bitcoin Index, IDX Risk-Managed Ethereum Index and the IDX Risk-Managed LargeCap Crypto Index are designed to provide dynamic exposure across crypto assets with the ability to go 100% to cash.
With the prospect of unprecedented money printing, increasing geo-political concerns and concerns over inflation investors are increasingly seeking exposure to crypto assets, and specifically, risk-managed exposures to crypto assets that seek to allow upside participation to the asset class with the ability to substantially protect against drawdowns.
Ben McMillan, co-founder and CIO of IDX Insights said "We've had a great relationship with S&P Dow Jones Indices over the years and are thrilled to be their first client to use them to calculate our risk-managed crypto indices. Particularly as this asset class gains further adoption, we continue to see increased demand for risk-managed solutions to this space. S&P Dow Jones' ability to provide real-time calculation of our indices provides a huge leap forward in our ability to deliver products in this space."
"We are pleased to be working with IDX to launch the first customized crypto indices from S&P Dow Jones Indices," said Marius Baumann Managing Director and Global Head of Custom Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "We look forward to building out our relationship with them as they continue to bring rules-based managed exposures to the crypto-assets space."
The IDX Risk-Managed Bitcoin Index can be found at
https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/custom-indices/idx-insights/idx-risk-managed-bitcoin-index/#overview
The IDX Risk-Managed Ethereum Index can be found at
https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/custom-indices/idx-insights/idx-risk-managed-ethereum-index/#overview
The IDX Risk-Managed Largecap Crytpo Index can be found at
https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/custom-indices/idx-insights/idx-risk-managed-largecap-crypto-index/#overview
About IDX Insights, LLC
IDX Insights is a research firm focused on developing innovative index solutions across the alternative landscape. Learn more about our unique Indexing as a Service ("IaaS") at idxinsights.com/indexing-as-a-service-iaas/. IDX Insights does not offer or provide investment advice or offer or sell any securities, commodities, or derivative instruments or products. The IDX Insights, LLC corporate name and all related logos are the exclusive intellectual property of IDX Insights, LLC.
About S&P Dow Jones Indices S&P
Dow Jones Indices is the largest global resource for essential index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based on our indices than products based on indices from any other provider in the world. Since Charles Dow invented the first index in 1884, S&P DJI has become home to over 1,000,000 indices across the spectrum of asset classes that have helped define the way investors measure and trade the markets. S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global, which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies, and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spdji.com.
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