FTSE Group is a global leader in providing equity and bond indices to investors. Our aim is to assist investors to develop successful strategies: strategies that produce greater profit and better performance.

FTSE's approach is to create innovative indices and data services on demand, backed by strong on-going customer support. We have grown our product range from the world-recognised FTSE 100 Index to provide a suite of global, regional, sector and themed indices. In addition, we also provide data services such as our classification system and data across asset classes.

FTSE Group's current partnerships with organisations such as the American Stock Exchange, Athens Stock Exchange, Cyprus Stock Exchange, Euronext Exchange in Europe, Hang Seng in Hong Kong, JSE Securities Exchange in Johannesburg, London Stock Exchange, Nomura Research in Japan, Taiwan Stock Exchange, Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange and Xinhua Financial Network in China, has enabled us to bring international index expertise to domestic investors.

FTSE Group serves clients in 77 countries with offices in London, New York, Madrid, Paris, Frankfurt, San Francisco and Hong Kong.

On June 19th, FTSE announced the launch of the FTSE Med 100 index in partnership with the Cyprus Stock Exchange, Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange and Athens Exchange.

The FTSE Med 100 index is a tradable index and comprises 100 of the largest and most liquid companies from the three stock exchanges with a market capitalization of e 92 billion.

The tradable index, which is calculated in real time, is the first index of its kind to track performance in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

FTSE Med 100 has been designed to allow the introduction of derivatives products and to attract new investment to the region

For more information on the FTSE Med 100 Index visit http://www.ftse.com.