Alerian is an independent company that provides objective market information.

The company is a leader of MLP-market intelligence, providing benchmarks, data sets, and analytics that are used extensively by a range of stakeholders such as investment banks, stock exchanges, investment professionals and consultants, and Master Limited Partnerships. The Alerian Index Series is used for the purposes of asset allocation, investment analysis, portfolio hedging, and the creation of index tracking funds. Over $7 billion is directly tied to Alerian’s indices, including the leading benchmark of MLP equities: the Alerian MLP Index (NYSE: AMZ).