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Thomson Reuters Launches 7500 New Indices
Thomson Reuters Launches 7500 New Indices.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n\n\n\n\n Unique Sectors and Full Lines of Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific Indices Now\n Available\n\n\n\nNew York, March 15, 2010 - Thomson Reuters today launched 7500 new equity\nsector-level indices covering a broad range of regions and sectors unique to\nThomson Reuters. These include full lines of Emerging Market and Asia Pacific\nsector indices in addition to the first line of Iberian sector and NAFTA sector\nindices, as well as indices for new and relevant sectors such as Water,\nRenewables, and Diversified Media. The sector indices are the most recent\naddition to Thomson Reuters indices which include the award-wining Thomson\nReuters Realized Volatility Index - a first-of-its-kind index that provides a\nnew way to forecast volatility.\n\n\nThe sector indices go beyond the global, country and regional indices previously\navailable by allowing clients to monitor market movements more deeply by sector.\nCovering 44 countries and 18 regions, Thomson Reuters indices enable clients to\nmonitor global markets, benchmark specific countries, regions, and sectors, and\ndevelop investment vehicles globally.\n\n\nSunand Menon, Global Managing Director of Indices at Thomson Reuters, said:\n\"Investment managers, quantitative analysts and other financial professionals\nare continually looking for new ways to evaluate market movements at a deeper\nlevel by analyzing the most relevant sectors, particularly in the more difficult\nto reach emerging markets. The combination of our unbiased classification\nsystem, liquidity filter and efficiency of our workflow is unique to the market.\nWith over 8,000 indices now available, Thomson Reuters is providing clients with\nthe depth and breadth of geographical and sector coverage necessary to succeed.\"\n\n\nEach Thomson Reuters index is created using a proprietary liquidity filter that\nselects stocks based on price, as opposed to volume. By only including stocks\nthat investors can access, the indices provide a more accurate depiction of the\ninvesting opportunities available, particularly in emerging markets, where many\nsecurities are not accessible to all investors.\n\n\n\nThe indices utilise the proprietary Thomson Reuters Business Classification\n(TRBC) system which provides globally consistent sector standards. TRBC is the\nindustry's broadest classification system covering 7...