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Societe Generale Group To Be First In Europe To List An Exchange-Traded Fund Based on Dow Jones Industrial Average.

PARIS, FRANCE, MAY 17, 2001

Dow Jones Indexes has licensed Paris-based Lyxor Asset Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Societe Generale Group, to issue the first exchange-traded fund in Europe based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The exchange-traded fund will trade on Euronext. The fund will seek to track the stock performance of 30 of the biggest U.S. blue-chip companies. It will be the first time that European investors will be able to participate in an exchange-traded fund of this scope.

Isabelle Bourcier, responsible for the ETF marketing in Europe for Societe Generale Group's asset management, said: "Dow Jones Industrial Average Master Unit is our third ...

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