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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that it has assigned its highest principal stability fund rating of ‘AAAm’ to LGIM US Dollar Liquidity Fund, a money market subfund of the Irish-domiciled umbrella fund, LGIM Liquidity Funds PLC……

NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) announces that on Thursday, September 22, 2011, the following ETF will be listed on NYSE Arca and will begin trading as a new issue.The Consolidated Tape Association (CTA) will disseminate real time trade and quote information for the ETF to Tape B. All ETP-Related Indexes will be disseminated via the NYSE Euronext…

Dow Jones Indexes announced that the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) and the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) will be added to the Dow Jones FEAS Index universe, effective after the close of trading on September 16, 2011. ..  

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), announces the licensing of the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed REITs Index to Lion Fund Management (Lion Fund). The index has been chosen as the benchmark for the first-ever Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) fund specialising in real estate. . ..

First ETF of closed-end municipal bond funds will allow investors to access the largest corner of the closed-end fund universe in a liquid, transparent way..…

Dow Jones Indexes to Immediately Implement New, Proprietary Classification System for Its Own Indexes …  

S&P Indices has launched the S&P Access Africa, a tradable index comprised of the largest and most liquid equities issued by companies that operate purely in Africa or derive more than 50% of their revenues from the continent. The Index is launched in response to increasing demand from investors in blue chip African companies and…

Dow Jones Indexes announced component changes in the Dow Jones Brazil Titans 20 ADR, Dow Jones Brazil Titans 30, Dow Jones Latin America Titans 80, Dow Jones BRIC 50 DR, Dow Jones Emerging Markets Telecommunications Titans 30 and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titans Composite 100 indexes. …

Dow Jones Indexes, announced that Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd. ADS (China, Technology, LFT) will be removed from the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Technology Titans 30 Index.…

S&P Indices announced the launch of the S&P Commodity Producers Index Series, a new family of indices comprised of the world’s largest, publicly traded companies engaged in the exploration and production of commodities. All of the constituents in the index series are drawn from the S&P Global BMI (Broad Market Index) universe.…