FTSE Global Equity Index Series

The FTSE Global Equity Index Series is a series of stock market indices provided by FTSE Group. It was launched in September 2003, and provides coverage of over 17,000 stocks in 48 countries, covering 98% of the world's investable market capitalization. ^[1]

Australia

Austria

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Czech

Denmark

Egypt

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Korea

Kuwait

Malaysia

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Pakistan

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Thailand

Turkey

UAE

UK

USA

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Countries represented in the FTSE Global Equity Index Series as of 2023.

The series comprises various global and local indices, including: ^[2]

• FTSE Global Total Cap Index, a global index covering approximately 17,000 stocks from micro cap to large cap
• FTSE Global All Cap Index, a global index covering approximately 9,000 stocks from small cap to large cap
• FTSE All-World Index, a global index covering approximately 4,000 mid cap and large cap stocks

Several of the indices in the series are used by The Vanguard Group as bases of their mutual funds and ETFs.

Overview of indices

These are some of the most important indices managed by FTSE:

Size (market cap) of companies included	Markets included
	Global	Developed	Emerging
Large, medium, small and micro cap	FTSE Global Total Cap	FTSE Developed Total Cap	FTSE Emerging Total Cap
Large, medium and small cap	FTSE Global All Cap	FTSE Developed All Cap	FTSE Emerging All Cap
Large and medium cap	FTSE All-World	FTSE Developed World	FTSE Emerging Markets

FTSE All-World Index

The FTSE All-World index started in 1986 as the FT-Actuaries World Index. ^[3]

The All-World series is sub-divided into three segments:

• Developed
• Advanced Emerging
• Emerging Markets

The Base Date is 31 December, 1986.

History

This index has been calculated since 31 December 1986, originally as the FT-Actuaries World Indices. ^[4]

In 1995, Wood Mackenzie and Co., one of the original partners, sold its stake to Standard & Poor’s. The name of the index was changed to FT/S&P – Actuaries World Indices.

On 29 November 1999, FTSE International Limited acquired the stakes of Goldman Sachs and Standard & Poor’s. The name changed to the FTSE World Index series.

FTSE took exclusive rights to integrate the Baring Emerging Markets data series with its existing FTSE World Index series. This resulted in the creation of the FTSE All-World Index series on 30 June, 2000. ^[5]

On 22 September, 2003, FTSE introduced enhancements to improve the coverage of mid cap stocks in the index and remove some smaller stocks.

Countries/Regions

The FTSE All-World Index includes companies in the following countries/regions: ^[6]

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Czech Rep.
• Denmark
• Egypt
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Korea
• Kuwait
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• UAE
• UK
• USA

Total annual returns

Gross year-on-year return (%) for each calendar year (in US dollars) ^[7]

Year	FTSE All-World Index	FTSE Developed Index	FTSE Emerging Index
2012	17.1	17.0	17.9
2013	23.3	26.8	-3.5
2014	4.8	5.1	1.6
2015	-1.7	-0.3	-15.2
2016	8.6	8.2	13.5
2017	24.6	23.9	32.5
2018	-9.1	-8.6	-13.0
2019	27.2	28.0	20.6
2020	16.6	16.7	15.5
2021	18.9	21.4	0.1
2022	-17.7	-17.8	-16.9
2023	22.6	24.2	9.1

Sector representation

  Technology (25%)

  Telecommunications (3%)

  Health Care (11%)

  Financials (14%)

  Real Estate (3%)

  Consumer Discretionary (13%)

  Consumer Staples (5%)

  Industrials (14%)

  Basic Materials (4%)

  Energy (5%)

  Utilities (3%)

The ICB breakdown is shown here, with technology being the biggest sector.

Top 10 Constituents by index weight

Caption text

Constituent	Weight (%)
Microsoft Corp	4.33
Apple Inc.	3.75
NVIDIA	2.64
Amazon.com Inc	2.24
Facebook Inc A	1.52
Alphabet Inc A	1.16
Alphabet Inc C	0.99
Eli Lilly and Co	0.90
Broadcom Inc	0.79
Tesla	0.78

See also

• MSCI World
• Stock market index
• Exchange-traded fund

References

1. "FTSE Global Equity Index Series (GEIS)". FTSE Russell.
2. "FTSE GEIS product highlights" (PDF). FTSE Russell.
3. "FTSE All-World Index Factsheet". FTSE Russell. October 20, 2017.
4. "Documents - FTSE indices". Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. September 1, 2004.
5. "Indexing the world" (PDF). FTSE Russel.
6. "Factsheet FTSE All-World-Index" . Retrieved 31 December 2022.
7. "FTSE Russell Factsheets" . Retrieved 31 December 2022.