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FTSE Group partners with Record plc to create new Currency Index Series

Hong Kong, London and New York, 23rd June 2009: FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the award winning global index provider and Record plc (“Record”), the specialist currency investment manager, today announce the signing of a co-operation agreement for the creation of a new range of innovative currency Forward Rate Bias (FRB) indices. The indices will aim to provide investors with a passively managed and transparent benchmark for currency FRB returns, used for portfolio construction, index-tracking and benchmarking.

Mike Bruno, Head of Fixed Income at FTSE Group, said of ...   more »

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MSCI Launches FX Hedge Indices

London - 25 June 2009

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MXB), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today the launch of the MSCI FX Hedge Indices, designed to help institutional investors decompose and measure the impact of hedging the currency exposure of MSCI equity indices.

Based on the MSCI Global Investable Market Indices (GIMI), the MSCI FX Hedge Indices are designed to reflect the investment process of hedging the currency exposure of a regional MSCI index using monthly FX forward contracts. The MSCI FX Hedge Indices seek to simplify the currency ...   more »

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JOHANNESBURG, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of financial services technology and a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon, has been selected by Prescient to deliver its integrated investment management suite via its application service provider (ASP), Eagle ACCESS(SM).

Prescient, with R60 billion under management in South Africa, selected the Eagle suite to streamline its growing local and global operations. Eagle will assist Prescient to meet increasing client reporting requirements and provide access to data in an efficient and effective manner. The implementation is scheduled to begin during the summer.

"Over ...   more »

Source: DST Global Solutions, 19 June 2009
DST Global Solutions adds Nancy Schneier to New York sales team

DST Global Solutions, a leading provider of business solutions and services to the global investment management industry, has announced the appointment of Nancy Schneier as sales executive.


Ms. Scheier's primary role will be to direct sales activities in the metropolitan New York region.

Ms. Schneier is a senior sales and marketing executive with more than 25 years of experience in selling and delivering technology solutions in the financial services industry. Prior to joining DST Global Solutions, Ms. Schneier ran the North American ...   more »

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Content:

GIPS 2010 Exposure Draft
New Q&As Posted on the GIPS Website
Election of the Asia Pacific RIPS Chair
New Chair of the Investor/Consultant Subcommittee
Listen to the discussions held at the EC Open Meeting
Save the Date: 2009 GIPS Annual Conference in Boston
Governance

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