FTSE Selected by Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to Take Over Calculation of its Domestic Indexes

FTSE Selected by Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to Take Over Calculation of its Domestic Indexes

September 28, 2006

    HONG KONG, Sept. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- FTSE Group
("FTSE") the global index provider, has been
selected by the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to take
over the calculation of its domestic indexes. The
partnership to be set up will allow FTSE to redesign and
update the index series in line with international indexing
standards. FTSE will undertake a full market consultation
process with local investors and other index users, as the
first stage of this project. 

    FTSE currently works with a number of stock exchanges,
both internationally and in the Asia Pacific region. It has
recently been selected by the ASEAN group of exchanges to
design and calculate the first pan-ASEAN index, and earlier
this year created a new domestic Malaysian series, the FTSE
Bursa Malaysia Index Series. Worldwide, FTSE works with
over 20 stock exchanges to bring its innovative and
internationally recognised indexing skills to financial
markets. 

    Paul Hoff, Managing Director, FTSE Asia Pacific said,
"It's a great honour to be selected by SET for this
important step in its strategy to internationalise its
financial markets. FTSE is committed to working with both
local investors and the exchange, and looks forward to
beginning consultation with all parties."

    More information about FTSE and its suite of index
products can be found at http://www.ftse.com  

    Notes to Editors

    About FTSE Group

    FTSE Group is a world-leader in the creation and
management of indexes. With offices in Beijing, London,
Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Madrid, Paris, New York, San
Francisco, Boston, Shanghai and Tokyo, FTSE Group services
clients in 77 countries worldwide.  It calculates and
manages the FTSE Global Equity Index Series, which includes
world-recognized indexes ranging from the FTSE All-World
Index, the FTSE4Good series and the FTSEurofirst Index
series, as well as domestic indexes such as the prestigious
FTSE 100. The company has collaborative arrangements with
the Athens, AMEX, Cyprus, Euronext, Johannesburg London,
Madrid, NASDAQ and Taiwan exchanges, as well as Nomura
Securities and Xinhua Finance of China. FTSE also has a
collaborative agreement with Dow Jones Indexes to develop a
single sector classification system for global investors.

    FTSE indexes are used extensively by investors
world-wide for investment analysis, performance
measurement, asset allocation, portfolio hedging and for
creating a wide range of index tracking funds. Independent
committees of senior fund managers, derivatives experts,
actuaries and other experienced practitioners review all
changes to the indexes to ensure that they are made
objectively and without bias.  Real-time FTSE indexes are
calculated on systems managed by Reuters. Prices and FX
rates used are supplied by Reuters.  

    For more information, please contact:

     Meredith Blakemore 
     FTSE Group
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

SOURCE  FTSE Group