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FTSE Group Invest In Growing Custom Index Business

Date 02/08/2010

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the award winning global index provider, today announces the appointment of Sudir Raju as Managing Director for its custom index business.

Increasingly, clients want a customised solution when setting their performance benchmark or for creating a tailored strategy index on which to base an index fund, ETF or structured product.

“FTSE continues to expand its custom services in response to growing demand from our clients worldwide” said Donald Keith, Deputy Chief Executive. “I am delighted to have Sudir join our team. He brings with him a wealth of experience in index design and is widely respected in the industry.”

Sudir Raju comments, “I am delighted to be joining the custom team at FTSE and look forward to servicing FTSE’s global client base with an increasingly wide range of custom solutions.” Sudir has worked for Dow Jones and Stoxx Indexes since 2004, and since 2007 been responsible for the Stoxx custom index business, in addition to leading their product development initiatives. He has a strong technical background with experience extending across index design, production, reviews and operations, as well as sales and marketing of custom indices.