Key facts
- Kalshi will use official S&P Dow Jones Indices values to settle event contracts.
- The partnership aims to accelerate retail and institutional demand for prediction markets.
- New S&P indices will track economics, politics, and sporting events.
S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kalshi announced a preferred-provider agreement on Monday, October 26, that will allow the prediction market platform Kalshi to list event contracts tied to prominent S&P benchmarks. The deal also involves S&P Dow Jones Indices constructing new indexes using Kalshi's prediction data, marking S&P's entry into the prediction market space. Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour stated the partnership brings S&P's benchmark standards to Kalshi, aiming to accelerate demand. Cathy Clay, CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices, noted the collaboration extends S&P's role as a benchmark provider into the growing prediction market industry.