The success of the FTSE 100 Index both as a measure of large cap stocks and as the basis of traded derivatives means that FTSE is often asked to create new indices for stock or derivative exchanges. All new exchange based indices are run using FTSE's acclaimed committee structure - ensuring that constituent selection and ground rule implementation is as transparent as any other FTSE index. As with all FTSE indices, the Exchange Indices are free float adjusted according to FTSE's free float policy. Recent examples include: .
Cyprus Stock Exchange: FTSE and the Cyprus Stock Exchange have joined forces to create the FTSE/CySE 20 Index, a highly tradable index. A strict regulatory and legal framework, put in place from the beginning of the Exchange, ensures that Cyprus is a dependable and safe market in which to invest. .
HSI: FTSE and HSI have created the FTSE/Hang Seng Indexes, a series of tradable indexes based on the Asia Pacific equity market, allowing investors to trade either by market cap or sector. .
JSE Securities Exchange South Africa: FTSE and the JSE are to create indices for the African and international markets. The FTSE/JSE Africa Index Series provides a significantly enhanced and expanded index series based on FTSE's global index methodology. .
London Stock Exchange: The FTSE techMARK indices reflect the performance of the innovative stocks listed on the London Stock Exchange. .
Nordic Region Stock Exchanges: The FTSE/NOREX Index Series is designed to represent the performance of the Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish Stock Exchanges, for the purpose of derivative trading. .
Athens Stock Exchange: FTSE and the Athens Stock Exchange joined forces to create three tradable, real-time indices to give investors access to this market. The FTSE/ASE indices consist of three highly liquid, tradable indices that give investor's access to three distinct sections of the market: .
FTSE/ASE 20 Index covers the top 20 companies by market cap on the Athens Stock Exchange.
W H Smith W H Smith is one of the top retail groups in the UK. It has companies in Retail, publishing and news distribution. The group has 1,464 stores in the world and over 30,000 employees in 12 countries. It takes sales of about £2.9billion. The W H Smith PLC is on the London Stock Exchange ...
Corporate responsibility and ethical business practice, do they exist? Are companies only interested in how much money they can make, regardless of the consequences? According to Friedman, "The business of business is business- (1970). This famous quote has been the cause of much contention over rec...
The subject of women in management has raised pressure on big companies to start vacating women as a representative of their boards of executive, reports on the FTSE has shown an increase of women on board, with an increase of from '12.5% in 2011 to 20.7% reached in 2014', (ADR, 2014). ...
Setting Goals For the purpose of this paper, we were given an imaginary $100,000 to develop an investment portfolio. With that being said, the construction of my portfolio began with identifying my investment goals. Investment goals are the financial objectives that one wishes to achieve through investing. When planning my portfolio, I have decided that capital appreciation and planning for retirement is my ultimate goal. My rationale behind this is that I am in my mid-20s, so planning ahead for retirement is a must. ...
Task 1 Different Types of Organizations and the Purpose 1.1 Purpose of organization Before we learn about the types of organizations, we need to learn the basic purpose of setting organizations. The main purpose of organization is to provide a pathway to their business setup and to set the main o...
