FTSE Asian Sector Indices - 31 March 2009

The new FTSE Asian Sector Index Series has been created as a comprehensive range of tradable indices for the Asian equity markets. Financial institutions are keen to present clients with new options and alternative strategies in areas such as sector rotation and sector long/short in order to exploit the investment opportunity in Asia, and these new indices offer both passive and active investors a transparent and cost-efficient way to do so. The new series will serve as the basis for ETFs and other index-linked financial products.

Based on the FTSE Asia Pacific Index, the indices draw from the large and mid-cap companies in China, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. Eligible companies are divided into 18 tradable sector indices, as defined by the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB).