Our history
The genesis of our indexes has deep historical roots. The Actuaries Investment Index, the basis for FTSE indexes, was first calculated in the 1930s. Nearly four decades ago, Salomon Brothers introduced the US Treasury-Bill and Certificate-of-Deposit Indices, the first foundation for FTSE fixed income indexes.
Today, our equity and fixed income indexes are a leading source of market information. Our indexes are used by investors in every corner of the world, including 98/100 top asset managers*, the top 10 investment banks**, and the top 20 ETF providers.***
Approximately $15 trillion**** is currently benchmarked to our combined indexes.
* Based on FTSE Russell clients as of April 2019 and Pension & Investments list of top 100 worldwide asset managers. ** Based on FTSE Russell clients as of April 2019 and Dealogic list of top 10 investment banks. *** Morningstar, April 30, 2019. **** Data as of December 31, 2018 as reported on April 1, 2019 by eVestment for institutional assets, Morningstar for retail mutual funds, insurance products, and ETFs, and additional passive assets directly collected by FTSE Russell. AUM data includes blended benchmarks and excludes futures and options. AUM data will not include active and passive assets not reported to a 3rd party source or FTSE Russell. Passive assets directly collected by FTSE Russell have been removed from third party sources to prevent double counting.
No assurances are given by FTSE Russell as to the accuracy of the data.

1930
Actuaries Investment Index launched, the first foundation for FTSE indexes
1978
US Treasury-Bill and Certificate-of-Deposit Indices launched, the first foundation for FTSE fixed income indexes
1984
Russell Indexes established; Russell 3000®, Russell 1000®, Russell 2000® launched
FTSE 100 launched
1986
World Government Bond Index (WGBI) launched
1987
Russell Style indexes launched
1995
FTSE established as a stand-alone company
2000
FTSE All-World®, FTSE World Broad Investment-Grade Bond Index (WorldBIG®) launched
2002
FTSE Global Equity Index Series (FTSE GEIS) launched
2014
FTSE MTS formed
2014
FTSE and Russell Indexes combined
2017
LSEG acquired suite of fixed income indexes from Citigroup
2018
FTSE Russell acquired 100% ownership of FTSE TMX Global Debt Capital Markets Limited
2019
LSEG acquired the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data provider, Beyond Ratings