Managers and investors face challenges from an 'absurd' proliferation of indices

Over a million indices globally

Tom Eckett
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Concerns have been raised by analysts at AB Bernstein about the huge number of indices in the market, as they point to the lack of barriers to index creation and the "total hold" benchmarking has on the asset management industry.

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