Indian and Korean bonds will be included in the FTSE Russell Government Bond Index

On October 9, Jin10 Data reported that FTSE Russell, a global index provider, announced on Tuesday that it will include Indian sovereign bonds in its emerging market government bond index starting from September 2025, which may attract billions of dollars of funds into local bonds. Previously, Morgan Stanley and Bloomberg Index Services had included Indian sovereign bonds in their indexes. After two years of putting South Korean government bonds on the watchlist, London-based FTSE Russell will include South Korean government bonds in the FTSE Global Government Bond Index (WGBI). FTSE said in a statement that South Korean government bonds will account for 2.22% of the index by Market Cap weighting and will be included in WGBI from November 2025.