Article: CDS IndexCo and Markit Launch Synthetic CMBS Index; CMBX, a Commercial Mortgage-Backed Credit Derivative Index, Gives Investors Exposure to U.S. Commercial Mortgages.

NEW YORK -- CDS IndexCo LLC ("CDS IndexCo"), a consortium of 16 investment banks licensed as market makers in the ABX and Dow Jones CDX indexes, and Markit Group Limited ("Markit"), the leading industry source of independent mark-to-market pricing and valuations, announced today the launch of CMBX, a synthetic index of U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).

The following institutions are market-makers in the index: Bank of America; Bear Stearns; Citigroup; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs; JPMorgan; Lehman Brothers; Merrill Lynch; Morgan Stanley; Nomura International; RBS Greenwich Capital; UBS; and Wachovia. Trading will start on March 7, ...

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