Wilshire Indexes, a global firm in index design, and GCM Grosvenor, a global alternative asset management solutions provider, today announced the launch of the jointly developed FT Wilshire Private Markets Infrastructure Index. This first-of-its-kind benchmark fills a void for the asset class by providing investors with a transparent, reliable reference point based on the performance of a diversified universe of leading open-ended infrastructure funds. Until now, infrastructure investors lacked a comprehensive benchmark that truly reflected the breadth of the market. To address growing demand for passive exposure to this universe of assets, GCM Grosvenor is developing one or more investable vehicles designed to track the index, with anticipated launches in the coming months.
The index was created through close collaboration between Wilshire Indexes and GCM Grosvenor, with support of a select group of open-ended infrastructure funds. Wilshire Indexes will calculate and govern
