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In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  FTSE 100 ON TRACK TO WIPE OUT PENSIONS DEFICIT BY END OF 2004
Updating analysis released in October 2003 to take into the latest investment bank estimates, Aon Consulting research suggests that the overall pensions deficit for the FTSE 100 is forecast to fall from £65 billion in December 2003 to £40 billion in 2004.
Alternative scenarios that would also see the overall pensions deficit of the FTSE 100 wiped out include a rise in the FTSE 100 to 5600, or an increase in corporate bond yields to 6.3 percent and a rise in the FTSE 100 to 5000.
Based on estimates by Morgan Stanley that the pensions deficit of FTSE 100 companies was £ 65 billion at the end of 2002, Aon Consulting used this figure and the average asset allocation to project the assets and the liabilities of the FTSE 100 companies' pension fund assets and liabilities to the end of 2004.
www.aon.com /uk/en/about/Press_Office/17_feb_pensions.jsp   (548 words)

  
  FTSE UK Index Series
The FTSE UK Index Series is designed to represent the performance of UK companies, providing investors with a comprehensive and complementary set of indices that measure the performance of all capital and industry segments of the UK equity market.
The FTSE UK Capped 5% Indices are based on the underlying constituents of the FTSE 100 Index and FTSE All-Share Index.
The FTSE UK Dividend+ Index is a yield weighted index designed to select and measure the performance of higher yielding stocks within the universe of the FTSE 350 Index, excluding investment trusts.
www.ftse.com /Indices/UK_Indices/index.jsp   (621 words)

  
  FTSE 100 Index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The FTSE 100 Index (pronounced footsie) is a share index of the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Related indices are the FTSE 250 Index (which lists the next largest 250 companies), FTSE Small cap, the FTSE 350 Index (which combines the FTSE 100 and 250), and the FT All Share Index (which incorporates all listed companies).
The constituents of the index are determined quarterly; the largest companies in the FTSE 250 Index are promoted if their market capitalisation would place them in the top 90 firms of the FTSE 100 Index.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FTSE_100_Index   (469 words)

  
 FTSE 100 Index Index Option
FTSE 100 Index Options give you the right but not the obligation to buy or sell the value of the FTSE 100 Index on or before a specific date.
FTSE 100 Index Options can be used to participate in an upwards or downwards move in the FTSE 100 Index.
FTSE 100 Index Options operate in much the same way as equity options, the main difference being that when exercised, the cash value is calculated and not the physical delivery of the underlying shares.
www.liffe.com /liffeinvestor/introduction/how/products/ftse100opts/what.htm   (425 words)

  
 FTSE 100 Index Future
The underlying instrument of the FTSE 100 Index Futures contract is the Financial Times - Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 Index.
The FTSE 100 has long been a barometer by which professional money managers and private investors measure portfolio performance and is based on the share prices of 100 of the largest UK blue-chip companies.
If you buy one FTSE 100 Index Future you are trading an instrument with an underlying value of £60,000.
www.liffe.com /liffeinvestor/introduction/how/products/ftse100futs/what.htm   (389 words)

  
 FTSE
•  Bradford & Bingley to leave FTSE 100, Barratt...
FTSE Group calculates over 100,000 indices covering more than 48 countries and all major asset classes.
Our established index standards - encompassing independent committee governance, liquidity screening, free float adjustment and country classification, create clear transparent methodology and governance to ensure all our indices are investable and straightforward to track.
www.ftse.com   (203 words)

  
 Media Centre - Shell ranked third in ‘Female FTSE 100 Index’
Shell women are leading moves to smash the glass ceiling according to new research that ranks Shell third among FTSE 100 companies in appointing female directors.
The research, by the Cranfield School of Management, also showed that the number of female directorships in FTSE 100 companies has reached 101, an increase of 20 percent from 84 in 2002.
Sir Philip said: “Shell’s third-place in the Female FTSE 100 Index shows the progress we have made in a challenging industry.  Diversity is part of running a good business.
www.shell.com /home/Framework?siteId=media-en&FC3=/media-en/html/iwgen/feature_stories/2003/female_ftse_12112003_1420.html&FC2=/media-en/html/iwgen/feature_stories/2003/zzz_lhn.html   (357 words)

  
 www.mineweb.net | columns | london beat Antofagasta billed for FTSE 100 inclusion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Antofagasta moves into the FTSE 100 because a UK supermarket group, Safeway, is leaving abruptly as it has been taken over by a rival, William Morrison.
The FTSE 100 committee holds its quarterly meeting on Monday, March 9 and Antofagasta would have been nominated to move into the index on March 22.
There was quite a scramble in London for the shares when Antofagasta went into the FTSE 250 index but many London fund managers who have to track the FTSE indices reckon that, while membership of the FTSE 100 might bring a certain cache to a company, it is not a material issue for them.
www.mineweb.net /columns/london_beat/70238.htm   (913 words)

  
 CNN.com - Changing times on the FTSE 100 index as tech stars fall to earth - Aug. 28, 2001
Baltimore's addition to the FTSE 100 nearly 18 months ago took place at the height of the technology revolution that was sweeping through U.K. PLC — a wave that had parallels in the United States, France, Germany and other world markets.
Excluding stocks that joined the FTSE as a result of corporate restructuring, mergers and rebranding, there were 29 new entrants to the index in the course of last year.
In mid-September, the FTSE 100 index comes up for its next quarterly shake-up, and declining market values mean that another host of TMT stocks could face demotion from the blue-chip index.
edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/08/28/ftse   (1071 words)

  
 The Times Power 100: "Lifting the Lid on the Network of FTSE 100 Director Relationships"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Times Power 100, published in the paper tomorrow (2 November), is an exclusive list of the 100 directors who wield the most influence in Britain's boardrooms.
The majority of the 100 directors on the list hold at least two directorships in the FTSE 100, which will add weight to complaints that the top levels of British companies are filled from too narrow a pool of talent.
The Times Power 100, sponsored by Cable & Wireless, ranks individuals by the number of FTSE directorships that they hold, the type of directorship and the value of companies at which directorships are held.
www.forrelease.com /D20041101/1135389.html   (459 words)

  
 Top FTSE 100 firms 'invisible' to search engines - vnunet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The majority of FTSE 100 companies have failed to make their websites visible to potential customers on leading search engines such as Yahoo, Google and MSN, research released today has claimed.
It also revealed that the FTSE 100 insurance, banking and other financial services sectors face "considerable challenges" in raising their prominence in search engines for their thousands of products and services.
But in 2005, 100 per cent of those currently ranked in the FTSE 100 appear in the first page of all search engine results when a name search is conducted.
www.vnunet.com /vnunet/news/2126809/top-ftse-100-firms-invisible-search-engines   (597 words)

  
 UK FTSE 100 & DAX Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
FTSE 100 is the index of the FTSE share prices of the 100 largest companies (by market capitalization) in the UK which is updated throughout the trading day in real time.
FTSE A 350 Index is the combined UK FTSE index of the FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250.
FTSE A Fledgling is UK FTSE index of the share prices of the companies listed on the FTSE London Stock Exchange which are too small to qualify for the FTSE All Share Index.
www.dow-jones-stock.com /ftse3.html   (309 words)

  
 Four UK tech stocks exit FTSE 100 - Information World Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In March, the time of the four technology companies' promotion, rules were changed so that companies with less than a quarter of their stock available to the public qualified to be listed as FTSE 100 firms.
At the time, analysts warned that the companies' stay in the stock exchange's biggest 100 firms could be shortlived, and now the firm's share prices may suffer as a result of dropping out.
This is because they will also drop out of the portfolios of investment funds that automatically track the FTSE 100, creating an artificially high number of sellers on the market.
www.iwr.co.uk /vnunet/news/2112700/four-uk-tech-stocks-exit-ftse-100   (422 words)

  
 CNN.com - Logica and ARM fall from FTSE 100 - June 12, 2002
Computer services group Logica and chip designer ARM Holdings are being booted out of the prestigious FTSE 100 Index, after seeing their shares slump in the continuing sell-off of tech shares.
The second-tier FTSE 250 Index will see a similar shake out -- with once-mighty telecoms firm Marconi and cable group Telewest Communications suffering the embarrassment of being relegated to the smallcap index.
The changes, announced by FTSE Group, are based on share prices of the companies at Tuesday's close and come into effect on Monday June 24.
archives.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/06/12/uk.ftse   (275 words)

  
 FTSE 100 losing the search battle - ZDNet UK News
Research by search marketing company The Search Works has found that 64 percent of FTSE 100 companies' Web sites don't rank in the first page of search results for keywords, which could see them losing the 90 percent of would-be buyers who never look further than the initial page of results.
As well as the travel industry, FTSE 100 retailers fared well in maintaining their presence for generic searches, despite their traditionally offline background.
Despite the banks' blip, the FTSE 100 in general is improving in the search arena.
news.zdnet.co.uk /internet/ecommerce/0,39020372,39188774,00.htm   (457 words)

  
 AHK-MENA SearchDW-WORLD-DE.asp TOP Stories
AFP - London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares Thursday traded below 5,900 points for the first time in almost 11 months after tumbling by 3.65 percent in early afternoon trade.
FT.com - The FTSE 100 slumped to its lowest level of the year as stocks were hit by a fresh sell-off following heavy overnight losses on Wall Street and in Asia.
AFP - London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares plunged by 2.99 percent in morning deals to 5,926.30 points -- which was last seen in late September 2006.
www.ahkmena.com /SearchYahooNews.asp   (715 words)

  
 Cranfield Management Research Insitute - Cranfield School of Management
The Female FTSE 2003 Report, "Women pass a Milestone: 101 Directorships on the FTSE 100 Boards" by Dr Val Singh and Professor Susan Vinnicombe is available from Karen Surrall.
A summary of the Report is available on-line as part of the Female FTSE 100 Index 2003, which lists the companies and their women directors.
The Female FTSE Index is announced each year at a Leadership Conference, and attracts considerable press attention in the UK and internationally.
www.som.cranfield.ac.uk /som/research/centres/cdwbl/projects.asp   (930 words)

  
 FTSE-100
The FTSE-100 is compiled by the FTSE International, a joint venture of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and The Financial Times (FT), a subsidiary of Pearson.
The indices compiled by FTSE International can also be classified on the basis of utility into benchmark indices and tradable indices.
The FTSE All-Share Index, a benchmark index, includes stocks from the FTSE-100, the FTSE-250 and the FTSE Small Cap Indices.
www.checksure.biz /FTSE_100.htm   (685 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Business latest | Live London prices from Reuters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
You can also browse stocks by index (eg FTSE 100) or by industrial sector (eg Banking).
FTSE (Footsie) is a trade mark of the London Stock Exchange Plc and The Financial Times Limited and is used by FTSE International Limited ('FTSE') under licence.
The FTSE techMARK Index Series is calculated by FTSE.
www.guardian.co.uk /shares/reuters/0,12027,719080,00.html   (182 words)

  
 FTSE ''the Footsie'' F.T.S.E. Financial Times Stock Exchange NEWS, LINKS, ACRONYM DEFINITION | HavenWorks.com/acronyms ...
It became the FT 30-Share Index when the paper merged with the Financial Times in 1935, and was renamed the Financial Times Ordinary Share Index in 1984, the same year the Financial Times-Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 Share Index was introduced to fill the need for a constantly updated index.
These are calculated by FTSE International, a company jointly owned by the Financial Times and the Stock Exchange.
The FTSE Group is jointly owned by the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times, but operates as a wholly autonomous company.
www.havenworks.com /acronyms/a-z/f/ftse   (474 words)

  
 bfinance - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The profits of FTSE 100 companies could drop by £3.8 billion if pension funds pursue the switch from equities to bonds, according to estimations by the Pension Adviser Review (PAR).
Pension schemes are drawn to LDI designs in order to avoid the deepening of their pension deficits, currently estimated by PAR at about £46 billion for the FTSE 100 companies.
According to PAR's calculations, a reduction of 7.5% in liabilities of FTSE 100 companies would lead to a fall in the global pension deficit of over 40% to £26bn.
www.bfinance.de /inst/article.do?docid=N11711   (472 words)

  
 Trade2Win Boards - Newbie Question - bet on FTSE 100 close?
If you think the FTSE will finish at 3400, and the price is 3450 then you short it - if it then went to 3460 you could go short again.
Thanks jpwone, that's what I thought - thought I must be missing something - sounds a bit like the old doubling up game at the horses, works ok until you get a reasonably bad run then you run out of cash.
FTSE 100 index futures and direct access trading
www.trade2win.com /boards/showthread.php?t=5037   (567 words)

  
 Top FTSE 100 companies are losing out on search engine searches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Top FTSE 100 companies are not able to capture the search engine market because their sites are not optimized for search engine searches.
Almost two thirds (64%) of the official websites of FTSE 100 companies did not appear in the first page or top 10 results of an online search using keywords such as 'travel', 'insurance' or 'bank', the research found.
But in 2005, 100% of those currently ranked in the FTSE 100 appear in the first page of all search engine results when a name search is conducted.
www.newstarget.com /005090.html   (1082 words)

  
 FTSE 100 Analysis for 25-May-01
The FTSE 100 is expected to open higher this morning, buoyed by late gains in US Indices and in particular the Nasdaq.
Today is the first time the FTSE has been below its recent support level of 5900 in 7 days.
Stops at 5895 were triggered around 8.30 leading to sharp declines on the contract, but speculators have been net buyers this morning keen to accumulate long positions on dips.
www.thefinancials.com /data/outgoing/CNI/CNIc_Index_FTSE.html   (827 words)

  
 FTSE ends Q1 in the red, Vodafone leads decline | Business | Reuters
FTSE ends Q1 in the red, Vodafone leads decline
LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 index slid into the red on the last trading day of the quarter on Friday, as a profit margin drop hit Vodafone, and economic worries gnawed at investors ahead of a key rate decision next week.
The FTSE 100 (.FTSE: Quote, Profile, Research) ended down 16.2 points, or 0.26 percent, at 6,308, having gained 1.4 percent in the last quarter.
uk.reuters.com /article/businessNews/idUKL3028999420070330?feedType=RSS   (313 words)

  
 EuroInvestor.co.uk - Where do you want to invest today?
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www.euroinvestor.co.uk   (357 words)

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