THE INDEX INDUSTRY IS STRUGGLING TO MEET EVOLVING AND GROWING CLIENT NEEDS The index industry is no longer in line… …with clients’ needs and requirements Increasing index licencing fees and associated market Growing pressure on costs and search for cheaper data fees alternatives Access to key data elements only available on a Increasing need for transparency (impacting chargeable basis benchmark regulation to be implemented in 2018) Concentration trend in the index industry - limited Increasing competitiveness, in particular between buy credible suppliers side asset managers and structured product desks, spurring client appetite for multiple offering/alternatives Opportunity to launch an alternative index model to complete Euronext’s current national focused offering AGILITY FOR GROWTH 88
