Corporate Governance Ratings Added To The FTSE ISS CGI Series - Enhanced Corporate Governance Tools Now Available

New and unique corporate governance ratings have been added today to the FTSE ISS Corporate Governance Index (CGI) Series. These ratings form the foundation of this groundbreaking index series, which has been created by global index provider FTSE Group (FTSE), and corporate governance specialists Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) to assist investment managers in assessing and managing portfolio risk.

Both FTSE and ISS are confident that the index series offers the most useful and detailed assessment of corporate governance available to investors today.

Analysis on the index series has revealed strong country and size biases to good corporate governance practices amongst companies and a high correlation between FTSE ISS CGI Series and its underlying benchmarks.

For more information on the index series and the ratings please visit www.ftse.com/corpgov