ISTANBUL, TURKEY, September 28, 2004—Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market Turkey Index at the International Islamic Finance Forum in Istanbul. The Dow Jones Islamic Market Turkey Index was created for investors who wish to invest according to Islamic investment guidelines. The index is part of the Dow Jones Islamic Market index series and tracks stocks from Turkey providing Islamic investors with comprehensive tools based on the performance of the Turkish market.
From the monthly archives:
September 2004
BEIJING, September 23, 2004—Dow Jones Indexes today announced the results of the third regular quarterly review in 2004 for Dow Jones China Indexes (Dow-China Indexes). The component changes in the Dow Jones China 88 (Dow-China 88), Dow Jones China Total Market (Dow-China Total Market), Dow Jones Shanghai (Dow-Shanghai) and Dow Jones Shenzhen (Dow-Shenzhen) Index will be effective on October 8, 2004.
NEW YORK, September 20, 2004—Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes (DJHFI) today announced a component change in the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Merger Arbitrage Strategy Benchmark.
NEW YORK, September 20, 2004—Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, has licensed the Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 Index to Finans Portfoy AS —one of the leading asset management companies in Turkey and an affiliate of Finansbank— to be used as the underlying benchmark index for an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Dow Jones Istanbul 20 ETF is expected to be listed for trading on the Istanbul Stock Exchange within two months.
NEW YORK, September 16, 2004—Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the hiring of three associates to its global public relations team.
NEW YORK, September 15, 2004—Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that it will expand its indexes offered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes, Inc. (DJHFI). Beginning in early October, DJHFI will begin publishing the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmark Equity Long/Short (U.S.), which complements the already-existing five strategies.
NEW YORK, September 10, 2004—Dow Jones Indexes today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Italy Titans 30.