SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Russell today announced the 2015 schedule for its annual reconstitution process, which is designed to capture and reflect global equity market shifts in the past year to ensure that investors continue to have the most accurate proxy for global markets.
“We are excited to embark on another index reconstitution to benefit our clients and investors around the world,” said Rolf Agather, managing director of research and innovation for Russell Indexes. “Annual reconstitution is a critical time for our global indexes and one of the most closely watched market events of the year.”
Performed since the Russell Indexes were introduced in 1984, Russell Reconstitution ensures that the Russell Indexes continue to accurately reflect the current state of the global equity markets and their market segments, including market capitalization, sector breakdowns, company ranks and style structure.
Russell Reconstitution is closely watch by investors, as $5.2 trillion in assets are benchmarked to Russell Indexes as of December 31, 2013 and nearly $800 billion in assets are invested in funds tracking the Russell Indexes as of June 30, 2014.
The 2015 Russell Reconstitution schedule is as follows:
- June 12 - preliminary membership lists (with adds & deletes) posted to Recon Central after 3:00 PT.
- June 19, 26 – updated membership lists (including adds & deletes) posted to Recon Central after 3:00 PT.
- June 26 – Reconstitution is final after market close.
- June 29 – markets open with newly reconstituted Russell Indexes.
Notable index methodology updates will occur at this year’s Russell Reconstitution. Starting this year, additional or secondary share classes of eligible US companies that meet minimum size, liquidity and float requirements will be eligible for U.S. index inclusion. Also, an additional liquidity screen will be implemented to determine Russell Frontier® Index eligibility.
In terms of market classification, Russell Indexes has determined that Morocco will be reclassified from emerging to frontier market status. Cote D’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) and Senegal, both previously ineligible for Russell index membership, will be eligible to join the Russell Frontier® Index. These changes will take effect at the conclusion of this year’s Russell Reconstitution.
A full summary of planned updates for this year’s reconstitution can be found at Recon Central on the Russell Indexes website.
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