S&PDJI: new datasets have helped to remove scaling challenges around themes

S&P Dow Jones Indices has seen growth in the last years in its thematic indices in the areas of innovative technology, environment & real assets, society & demographics, healthcare & wellness and multi-theme. “Things have changed quite a lot in terms of what we can do in the indexing space and the tail winds for that have been data and technology,” says Ari Rajendra (pictured) , head of thematic indices at S&P DJI. “If we think about what we could create 15