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The Media Centre is an online resource that supports the FTSE Group Press Office, dedicated to providing information to the world's press. This area contains the latest news and information about FTSE Group and FTSE indices.

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27 August - Diary Notice - FTSE UK Index Series Review September

FTSE Group (FTSE), the global index provider, will announce results of the quarterly review of the FTSE UK Index Series after the UK market close on Wednesday 10th September 2008. The indices within this series include the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 250 Index and FTSE All-Share Index. >>

29 July - Lyxor AM Licensed to use FTSE Coast Kuwait 40 Index for First Ever ETF Focusing on Gulf Region

FTSE Group (FTSE), the global index company, in partnership with Coast Investment and Development Company (Coast) has licensed Lyxor AM to use the FTSE Coast Kuwait 40 Index as the basis of an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) to be listed on the London Stock Exchange today. >>

29 July - Frontier markets join FTSE’s Global Equity Index Series

Building on the success of its internationally acclaimed approach to equity indexing, FTSE Group (“FTSE”) has extended its Global Equity Index Series (“GEIS”) to include coverage of the Frontier markets, alongside its existing Developed and Emerging market indices. The FTSE Frontier 50, a new index which begins calculating today, is FTSE’s first index to be created from an eligible universe of 23 new frontier markets. Further regional and country indices for frontier markets will be launched in phases throughout the remainder of 2008 and into 2009. >>

21 July - FTSE-JSE launches FTSE-JSE Shariah Top 40

The JSE in partnership with FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the global index provider, launched the FTSE/JSE Shariah Top 40 Index. The index will open up many opportunities for those interest in Shariah compliant investment, including the 850 000 strong South African Muslim community. >>

7 July - SPH, SGX and FTSE launch new FTSE ST China Top Index

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), Singapore Exchange (SGX) and FTSE Group (FTSE) are pleased to announce the launch today of a new index within the FTSE ST Index series. The FTSE ST China Top Index is a tradable index that currently tracks the 20 largest China stocks listed on SGX. To be eligible for inclusion in the new index, companies must have either at least 30% ownership by the Chinese government, companies or nationals; or derive at least 50% of revenues from China. >>

30 June - FTSE MPF Index Series changes include new daily stock capping and the addition of an emerging markets index

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the global index provider, will implement changes to the FTSE MPF Index Series on 2 July 2008 including daily capping of stocks and the addition of two new indices, the FTSE MPF Emerging Markets Index and the FTSE MPF Asia-Pacific ex Jp incl HSBC, which will mean that the series now includes fifteen indices in total. These enhancements are as the result of a market consultation with Hong Kong Investment Fund Association (“HKIFA”) members at the end of 2007 and therefore represents the needs of the Hong Kong investment community. >>

24 June 2008 - FTSE SET Index Series is now available for licensing

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the global index provider, and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (“SET”) today announced that the FTSE SET Index Series is available for licensing for domestic and international investors. The indices are suitable for benchmarking Thai stock portfolios and can be used for the creation of derivatives, ETFs, and other index-linked products. >>

19 June 2008 - FTSE Group Launch Environmental Opportunities All-Share Index

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the global index company, today launches the FTSE Environmental Opportunities All-Share Index, made up of over 450 constituents covering alternative energy, water and waste management companies. The constituents are taken from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series and are included in the index if a minimum of 20% of their revenue comes from environmental markets or technologies, which are of increasing interest to investors globally. Constituents are researched by Impax Group plc (“Impax”), the specialist environmental investment company, who have partnered with FTSE to develop a range of indices within the environmental technology space. >>

18 June 2008 - FTSE and APREA sign a cooperation agreement to develop new Asian real estate indices

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the global index provider, and Asia’s leading real estate industry body, the Asian Public Real Estate Association (“APREA”), today announce they have signed a cooperation agreement to formalise a partnership to develop new indices for Asia Pacific’s real estate sector.>>

11 June 2008 - Invensys, Ferrexpo, Petrofac & Drax Group to Join FTSE 100

FTSE Group (“FTSE”) confirms today that Alliance and Leicester, Persimmon, Home Retail Group and Tate & Lyle will leave the FTSE 100 and be replaced by global group Invensys, mining company Ferrexpo, oil services firm Petrofac and power station operator Drax Group. >>

2 June 2008 - FTSE, QFMA and SILATECH seek to attract first-ever global investors with launch of Index project to support youth-led small business in the Arab world

Silatech, a region-wide innovative youth investment initiative of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned of Qatar, FTSE Group, the award-winning global index provider, and the Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) have announced a strategic alliance to launch a new index project across the Arab World. The initiative is aimed at promoting the creation of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) markets and indices across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in order to facilitate their growth and development and thereby increase youth employment opportunities. QFMA is already engaged in the creation of a junior market. >>

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