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