NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI"), announced today that as of December 12, 2014, the assets under management (AUM) of exchange traded products (ETPs) based on its indices has reached $781 billion, representing a 20% increase over 2013 and a 31% market share -- more than twice as much as the next index provider. More assets are invested in ETPs (ETFs + ETNs) based upon indices calculated and published by S&P DJI than any other index provider in the world.

As of December 12, 2014, there are 606 ETPs linked to indices calculated by S&P DJI. In addition, approximately 25% of ETF issuers globally have a product based on an index published by S&P DJI.

"S&P Dow Jones Indices has seen tremendous growth in our ETP licensing business across various asset classes and regions in 2014," says Alexander Matturri, CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices. "Through our close working relationships with ETF providers, unrivaled leadership position in teaming with the world's leading exchanges, and success this year in expanding into emerging and frontier markets, not only are we anchored as the index provider of choice for market participants but are firmly positioned to continue to grow our business and global position in 2015 and beyond."

As an innovator of factor-based indices, S&P DJI has a long history of developing non-market cap weighted indices starting with the S&P 500® Equal Weighted Index launched in 2003 and the forerunner to today's interest in factor-based indices and products. S&P DJI continues to develop its factor-based index offering evidenced by the 27 new factor-based indices created and launched by S&P DJI in 2014.

S&P DJI factor-based indices currently underlie over $70 billion in ETP AUM, which represents an approximate 35% increase over 2013. Most recently, S&P DJI launched the S&P Momentum Indices, a brand-new factor-based index family designed to measure the performance of securities in the global equity markets that exhibit persistence in their relative performance. The momentum factor reflects the theory that relative strength strategies that rank stocks based on their past returns predict relative performance over the next 3-12 months.

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About S&P Dow Jones Indices
S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a part of McGraw Hill Financial, is the world's largest, global resource for index-based concepts, data and research. Home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®, S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC has over 115 years of experience constructing innovative and transparent solutions that fulfill the needs of investors. More assets are invested in products based upon our indices than any other provider in the world. With over 1,000,000 indices covering a wide range of asset classes across the globe, S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC defines the way investors measure and trade the markets. To learn more about our company, please visit www.spdji.com.

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