FTSE Wins European Pensions “Index Provider Of The Year” Award For 3rd Consecutive Year

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), a leading global index provider, is pleased to announce that for the third year in a row it has won the 2013 European Pensions “Index Provider of the Year” Award. The annual awards ceremony, which recognises outstanding achievement in the varied fields of European pension provision, was held at Grosvenor House Hotel on Wednesday 26th June.

This year, FTSE was shortlisted alongside Barclays, Markit, MSCI, NASDAQ OMX Global Indexes, Russell Investments and STOXX. It is the third consecutive year that FTSE has won this award, and the fourth award it has received from European Pensions in total since their inception in 2008. The independent judging panel is made up from participants of the European pensions world, who aim to recognise the index provider that offers the highest quality products and service to European pension funds today.

Kevin Bourne, Managing Director, FTSE Group said: “We are delighted that FTSE has once again been recognised as the pre-eminent provider of institutional benchmarking solutions for European investors. This is the third consecutive year which FTSE has been the recipient of this award, affirming our commitment to providing innovative, transparent index concepts which resonate with investors.”