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S&P Index Services Europe Appoints Marketing Director

Date 04/05/2006

Standard & Poor’s Index Services, the world's leading index provider, today announced the appointment of a new Marketing Director for Europe, Ms. Donna Moloney. She will report to John Davies, Senior Director of Market Development & Institutional Clients, and will be based in London.

In this newly created position, Ms. Moloney is charged with building on, and expanding, Standard & Poor’s European market share. She will support clients in developing international and custom index solutions catering to retail investor demand. Ms. Moloney’s scope will also encompass identifying new opportunities and consolidating existing relationships with institutional asset owners for the full range of S&P/Citigroup Global Equity Benchmarks.

Commenting on her appointment, John Davies said:
“Donna arrives with a wealth of industry experience to support the next stage of our growth. She is the latest addition to our fast growing European business development team in the last few years, and her appointment enhances our response to the professional investment community. Standard & Poor’s is a reference for investable and custom indices, benchmark data and listed index derivatives. Donna brings with her a wealth of experience and key knowledge that will further strengthen our commitment in Europe.”

Prior to joining Standard & Poor’s this month, Donna spent six years as Regional Director at STOXX Ltd., where she was in charge of business development and sales. In this function, she was responsible for the licensing of STOXX and Dow Jones indices to financial institutions across the Continent.