Article: FTSE GROUP REVISES THE FTSE KAIGAI INDEX.

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TOKYO, June 29 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

FTSE Group (FTSE), the global index provider, today announces a revision of the FTSE Kaigai Index, an international equity index designed by FTSE for Japanese investors, to exclude Advanced Emerging Markets.

This revision comes after an extensive market consultation with Japanese pension fund and asset managers who expressed an interest in focusing their international investment on Developed markets. Using the same award winning international indexing methodology developed for the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (GEIS), the revised FTSE Kaigai Index ...

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