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5/16/2022

Wilshire collaborates with Nikkei and Hang Seng Indexes Company to create regional indexes to facilitate portfolio decarbonization

New Climate Change 1.5°C Target Index Series meets the strict EU Paris Aligned Benchmark (PAB) requirements to help investors benchmark their investment portfolio’s carbon reduction targets

5/10/2022

Wilshire Adds CrossTower, Okcoin and eToroX to its Digital Asset Blended Price Methodology and Launches 25 New Indexes

Wilshire, a global investment technology and advisory company, today announced that CrossTower, Okcoin, and eToroX have been promoted from ‘watchlist’ to ‘contributing’ exchanges. Contributing exchanges help facilitate price discovery through the FT Wilshire Digital Asset Index Series which now features 38 blended price, multi-coin indexes.

5/10/2022

Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service Reports Worst Quarter since Covid-19 Recovery with -4.94 Percent

Most asset classes negative for quarter.

4/26/2022

ICSWG-US Votes to Support the ESG Data Convergence Project

The Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group - United States announced today that the group’s steering committee has voted to support the ESG Data Convergence Project with the objective of improving data disclosure and reporting on standardized environmental, sustainability and governance (“ESG") metrics for private companies

3/30/2022

Wilshire and DAR Publish Sector Classification of the Top 1000 Digital Assets

The pioneering Digital Asset Taxonomy System (DATS) is now available for investment research teams and product issuers to license — a pivotal milestone for institutional investors to access the emerging crypto asset class.

2/2/2022

FT Launches Cryptocurrency Pricing Dashboard in Partnership with Wilshire

The Financial Times, in partnership with Wilshire, has today launched an easy-to-use data platform for pricing and insight into the digital assets market on FT.com, using the FT Wilshire Digital Asset Index Series.

12/14/2021

Wilshire Announces Blythe Masters as Chair of New Digital Assets Advisory Group

Wilshire Digital Assets Advisory Group’s first initiative: Develop a standard transparent digital asset taxonomy system to categorize the top 1,000 digital asset technologies by market capitalization

11/9/2021

Wilshire and Rayliant Collaborate to Develop New Generation of Quant Strategy Indexes

New indexes will use machine learning and behavioral finance to build new quantitative investment strategies for institutional investors

10/12/2021

Wilshire Empowers Institutional Investors to Make Climate-Responsive Investment Decisions

Educational video series features insights from well-respected institutional investors across the US, EU and China. From Climate Taker to Climate Maker in four simple steps.

9/28/2021

Wilshire Partners with FinTech Firm GoalBased Investors to Fuel New Retail Mobile App with Institutional-Quality Manager Research

App helps democratize access to goal-based financial planning and advice for individual investors, backed by the same research used to advise large institutions.

9/21/2021

Wilshire Marks Next Chapter in Expansion Story with Global Rebrand

Modernized brand reflects the firm’s history of client-first approach to solving complex problems and vision to help build a better future

9/20/2021

Wilshire and FT Launch Digital Asset Indexes to Bring More Reliable Data to Investors

The new index series in collaboration with CryptoCompare give institutional investors broad coverage of the crypto market Prices are aggregated from top-rated exchanges that meet investment-grade ratings and can be traded 24/7/365

9/20/2021

Investment Consultants with USD 10 Trillion of Assets Under Advice Come Together to Launch Global ‘Net Zero’ Initiative

Twelve Investment Consultants commit to integrating advice on net zero alignment into investment consulting services as soon as possible, within two years of making this commitment.

8/9/2021

Wilshire Retained as Investment Consultant for Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System

35-year relationship expanded to include private markets advisory services and risk dashboards.

7/28/2021

Wilshire Shares Latest Results, Key Lessons from Its Diverse Owned Manager Initiative

Report underscores investment consultants’ role in improving equity and inclusion for diverse managers.

6/30/2021

Wilshire Launches Enhanced FT Wilshire 5000 Index Series

Complete coverage of total US investable market, more precise targeting of market exposure and more efficient implementation of asset allocation strategies.

6/9/2021

Wilshire Hires Industry Veteran Gary Rynhoud to Lead EMEA Business Development for Investment Solutions and Benchmarks

Appointment supports Wilshire’s commitment to expanding capability set for the global investor.

5/12/2021

US Investment Consultants form Joint Working Group to Advance Sustainable Investing

Representing over $33 trillion in assets under advisement, group to provide perspective on ESG and climate-related reporting, stewardship, and regulation.

4/13/2021

Wilshire Selected as Investment Fiduciary for Retirement Leaders’ Consortium

Wilshire is responsible for recommending and monitoring the various components of the solution including the underlying funds, insurance providers and glide path manager.

2/10/2021

Financial Times & Wilshire Announce Collaboration to Create Innovative Indexes, Analytics and Data Sets for Investors

Exclusive collaboration leverages the Financial Times’ global digital audience and Wilshire’s data, analytics and index capabilities to benefit Financial Times readers and investors worldwide.