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.

The series comprises various global and local indices, including:

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

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

FTSE All-World Index
The FTSE All-World index started in 1986 as the FT-Actuaries World Index.

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.

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.
 * The FTSE All-World Index was launched in the year 2000.

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 index includes companies in the following countries/regions:


 * 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

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