About FTSE Europe, Middle East and Africa

• FTSE Group (FTSE) is the company behind a group of world-famous stock market indices, including the FTSE 100.
• FTSE Group was set up in the UK in 1995, and is equally owned by the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange.
• FTSE’s headquarters are located in Canary Wharf, London.
• In Europe, FTSE has offices in Paris, Madrid and Frankfurt.
• Industry estimates place over USD 3 trillion in assets linked to FTSE indices worldwide.
• FTSE’s European business is headed by Imogen Dillon Hatcher, Managing Director FTSE EMEA.
• FTSE is the chosen index partner of a series of organisations and exchanges, including Euronext, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Bolsa Madrid, LSE, Athens Stock Exchange the BBC and CNBC
• FTSE has a broad range of indices, including the socially responsible FTSE4Good index series, property indices, investment strategy indices, Shariah compliant indices and the FTSE Hedge index series.
• Many pension funds in Europe are based on FTSE indices, including AP2, AP3, AP7, National Pension Reserve Fund in Ireland, Railpen, British Airways, Norwegian Government Pension Fund, and PGGM in The Netherlands.
• FTSE also produces Custom indices for financial institutions – for example for FRR in France
• FTSE has won a series of industry awards, in recognition of its innovation and excellence in providing indexing service:
  • Global Pensions – Index Provider of the Year 2008, 2006 & 2005
  • Structured Products Magazine – Index Provider of the Year 2005
  • William F Sharpe Most Innovative Benchmark (for FTSE RAFI Series)
• FTSE’s Chief Executive Mark Makepeace has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship from children’s charity UNICEF, in recognition of the innovative fund raising model he established with the FTSE4Good Index Series.
• FTSE provides indices which are used as the basis for Exchange Traded Funds worldwide, including:
  • SGAM Alternative Investments has two ETFs based on the FTSEurofirst 80 and listed on Euronext
  • Xact Fonder has an ETF based on the FTSE RAFI Eurozone index and listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange
  • BGI has a number of ETFs based on FTSE indices including the FTSE EPRA NAREIT indices and the FTSE Maquarie Global Infrastructure 100 index
  • Lyxor has ETFs based on the FTSE RAFI Europe, FTSE RAFI Eurozone, FTSE RAFI US 1000 and FTSE RAFI Japan listed on Euronext Paris
  • AXA has ETFs based on the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe and Eurozone indices, listed on Euronext Paris
  • DB x-trackers has an ETF based on the FTSE 100 Short Index, providing investors with a complimentary product to the popular shorting strategy