About FTSE Asia Pacific

• FTSE Group (“FTSE”) is the company behind a wide range of market indexes, including not only the world-famous FTSE 100, but a complete set of global equity, fixed income and alternative asset class indexes, used by investors globally.
• Industry estimates place over USD 3 trillion in assets linked to FTSE indexes worldwide.
• FTSE Asia Pacific was set up in 2000, and now operates from offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney and mainland China. The business is headed by Managing Director, Paul Hoff.
• FTSE offers indexing solutions for a variety of asset classes and investment opportunities including:
  • Global equities – an integrated suite of large mid and small cap stocks covering developed and emerging markets
  • Alternative asset classes - real estate, hedge, private banking
  • Investment strategies – applying non-cap weighted approaches
• FTSE Asia Pacific is successfully challenging longer established index providers by creating and calculating innovative new index series for the Asian markets.
• FTSE enjoys co-operative relationships with a series of Asian organisations and exchanges, including Bursa Malaysia, Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA), Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Singapore Exchange (SGX), Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) and the ASEAN group of exchanges.
• FTSE’s client list across the region includes asset owners, asset consultants, fund managers and investment banks with a top tier client list including the Hong Kong MPF Scheme, Barclays Global Investors, Citibank, HSBC, OCBC, CIMB, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank Trust, Sumitomo Bank, Nomura and Macquarie.
• FTSE and its products have won a series of industry awards, in recognition of its innovation and excellence in providing indexing service, including:
  • Asia Asset Management – Most Innovative Product, for the FTSE ASEAN 40 ETF
  • Global Pensions – Index Provider of the Year 2008, 2007 & 2006
  • Structured Products – Index Provider of the Year
  • William F Sharpe Most Innovative Benchmark, for the FTSE RAFI Index Series
• FTSE’s Asia themed indices have been a popular choice among investors across the world. Besides the many funds, derivatives and other index-linked product available, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) based on FTSE’s Asian indices include: :
  • BGI China A50 Tracker Fund listed on HKEx
  • State Street STI ETF, listed on SGX
  • CIMB’s FTSE ASEAN 40 ETF, listed on SGX
  • Deutsche Bank FTSE Vietnam ETF, listed on LSE
  • Lyxor RAFI Europe and US ETFS, listed on LSE and HKEx
  • Fubon FTSE Taiwan Technology Fund, listed on TWSE
  • Polaris Taiwan Mid-Cap 100 Tracker Fund, listed on TWSE
  • Hang Seng FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF, listed on HKXe, NYSE and LSE
  • Polaris Taiwan Top 50 Tracker , listed on TWSE
  • iShares FTSE EPRA NAREIT Asia Property Yield Fund, listed on LSE
• FTSE is an innovator and thought leader in the field of global indexing. Innovations include introduction of multinationals (1999), the introduction of free float (2001), development of the market’s first completely integrated global benchmark (2003), and the introduction of investment strategy indexes (2005)