Index Investing: From Theory to Practice · Dr MAI Huu Minh, TRAN Phan Bao Ngoc & HUYNH Nguyen Quoc BuuChapter 25 of 37 · Module 6: Invest
CHAPTER 25
Index Platforms in the Cloud
Data ready, formulas in a library, a new index in seconds — how it helps and how it makes money
Opening question
“I have an idea for an index — Vietnamese banks, equal-weighted, rebalanced every quarter. Can I build it, test it and publish it this afternoon?”
In this chapter
- The index value chain and where the time and cost go
- The six layers of a cloud index platform
- From idea to index in seconds: a worked example
- Who benefits: investors, advisers, asset managers, brokers, banks, educators
- Business models: subscriptions, licensing, usage, services and marketplaces
- Unit economics, data licences and competitive advantages
- Regulation, governance and the risk of an "index factory"
- The NXW platform roadmap as a case study
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This chapter is in the full book
Chapter 1 is free to read online. The full text of chapter 25 — with its tables, figures, worked examples and practice lab — is available in the complete edition of Index Investing: From Theory to Practice (Volume 1, NXW Investment Library).
Read Chapter 1 freeGet the full book — contact@nxw.vnSections of this chapter
25.1 The index value chain
25.2 The six layers of an index platform
25.3 From idea to index in seconds
25.4 How a platform helps — and whom
25.5 Business models
25.6 Regulation and governance
25.7 Risks and pitfalls
25.8 Case study: the NXW platform
25.9 Building a minimal platform yourself