Meet our sponsors...
Lead sponsor
 iShares is the world's leading provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), managed by Barclays Global Investors, with total assets under management of $303 billion globally*. Investors can use iShares ETFs to gain a diversified exposure into the performance of key benchmarks and asset classes including: equities, fixed income as well as emerging markets, property and alternatives. The extensive ETF offering allows investors to implement different investment strategies ranging from core / satellite, tactical allocation, risk management to cash equitisation. For more information on all iShares ETFs, their performance and funds holdings, please visit www.ishares.com
Barclays Global Investors Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom.
Please note that as with all stock market investments, the price of the investments may go up or down and the investor may not get back the amount invested.
© 2008 Barclays Global Investors Limited.
*ETF Landscape Report, April 2009
Gold sponsors
Deutsche Börse – Market Data & Analytics
DAX®, DAXplus® and DAXglobal® Indices for the International Financial Markets
Deutsche Börse designs, calculates and disseminates approx. 3000 indices, including its master brands DAX®, DAXglobal® and DAXplus® allowing investors to cover international markets and global investment strategies.
The DAXglobal® indices offer investors the opportunity to gain exposure to emerging markets, DAXplus® strategy indices provide attractive risk/return opportunities and include indices that highlight new investment opportunities based on the findings of modern portfolio theory.
All indices are calculated in real time, following clear and transparent index rules and represent highly attractive underlyings for financial derivatives: the DAX®, for instance, is the third largest index underlying for derivatives worldwide.
EasyETF, off the beaten track Trackers
The EasyETF range is a unique offer, benefiting from the combined expertise of AXA Investment Managers and BNP Paribas in fund management, market-making, as well as distribution. Its aim is to give investors access to an ever growing variety of asset classes (equity, bonds, money market, credit, real estate, commodities, Shariah equities etc.) and diverse economic sectors (Bank, Health, Media etc.) as well as thematics (Infrastructure, environment, Nuclear etc..) in order to allow them to fine-tune the performance of their asset allocation strategies.
The EasyETF product range now includes 50 trackers, of which 47 are listed on Euronext Paris, 10 on Deutsche Börse, 2 on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SWX) and 7 on Borsa Italiana for a total of €4.4 billion* in assets under management. The first sector range in the Eurozone, it currently includes:
- 16 equity trackers linked to the largest Global, European, Emerging markets ; Asian and African indices;
- 9 trackers on thematic indices : socially responsible investment through the ASPI Eurozone index, environment, luxury, agribusiness, water, nuclear, infrastructure; Shariah compliant investment,
- 10 sector trackers;
- 3 trackers on listed real estate on the Eurozone, Europe and Global;
- 2 money market trackers on the Eurozone and the USA;
- 3 iBoxx sovereign bond trackers on the Eurozone;
- 2 trackers on credit derivatives on iTraxx® indices;
- 5 commodity trackers.
Further information on the EasyETF range and trackers investment strategies is available on www.easyetf.com. *Status: as of end July 2008
 UniCredit Group as "The First Truly European Bank" is the third largest European banking group in terms of market capitalisation. We are ranked # 1 in Austria, # 1 in Emerging Europe, # 2 in Italy as well as # 3 in Germany. Our 170,000 colleagues serve more than 40 mn customers in 50 countries worldwide. Within UniCredit Group the Markets & Investment Banking Division is the competence centre for all financial markets and investment banking activities across the major legal entities. The combination of the investment banking businesses of Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (HVB), Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG (BA-CA) and Capitalia S.A. results in a highly complementary international investment banking platform.
The division has 39 offices in 38 countries on all continents and is represented in all main global financial centres (incl. London, Milan, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo). Its core products are Structured Derivatives, Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities, M&A in core markets, Acquisition & Leveraged Finance, Project & Commodity Finance, Equities, Principal Investments, and Research. Approximately 4,150 employees support Corporates, Institutionals, Financial Sponsors as well as Public Sector clients. For more information visit www.unicreditgroup.co.uk Silver sponsor
 Coast Investment and Development Company is one of the leading financial institutions in Kuwait and the region. Coast was established in 1975 and listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange in 1989. Its current paid-up capital is 62 million KWD (230 million USD) with total funds managed in excess of 3 billion USD. Coast is engaged in a variety of investment management activities including private equity, asset management and real estate investments both locally and internationally. Coast is also an active player in the local, GCC and international markets offering a wide array of investment services including portfolio and fund management, advisory services, corporate finance and investment banking services.
Coast has adopted a unique approach towards enhancing returns while controlling risk for its shareholders, clients and strategic partners. Further, the company has taken an unrivalled approach towards setting the highest standards through providing internationally recognized index-related investments in the region. It is, therefore, the intention of Coast to continue to strive for excellence and lead in serving local and global investors. For more information please visit www.coast.com.kw/
 ETF Securities is a provider of Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) and 3rd generation Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). The management of ETF Securities pioneered the development of ETCs, with the world's first listing of an ETC, Gold Bullion Securities in Australia and London in 2003 and then the world's first entire ETC platform which was listed on the London Stock Exchange in September 2006.
ETF Securities now offers more than 140 Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) with $12 billion in assets. The ETPs provide investors with a wide variety of investment strategies, with ETPs offering resource equities, physical, long, forward, leveraged and short exposure to all commodity sectors. ETPs are simple to access as they are traded in four currencies (EUR, USD, GBP and AUD) and listed on seven major exchanges globally including the London Stock Exchange, NYSE-Euronext Paris, NYSE-Euronext Amsterdam, Deutsche Börse, Borsa Italiana, the Australian Securities Exchange and the Irish Stock Exchange.
For more information please visit our website: www.etfsecurities.com
Communication's centre sponsor
The Russell Indexes are a comprehensive family of U.S. and global equity indexes which allow investors to seamlessly track performance of distinct market segments worldwide. Created in 1984, the Russell Indexes are the most widely used benchmarks by U.S. institutional investors. Today over $4.4 trillion in assets are benchmarked to them. We apply the transparent and objective index methodology we invented originally for the U.S. indexes to the world's equity markets in order to create the Russell global index family. Our pioneering approach to global definitions of cap-size and our fully modular index design for no gaps or overlaps in coverage lead to indexes that are more reflective of the market and therefore make more accurate benchmarks and investment vehicles. Whatever index you require, chances are there is a Russell Index that meets your needs.
Russell Index futures are now trading on ICE and are available there exclusively from September 2008.
For more about the Russell Indexes, see www.russell.com or visit our booth.
Exhibitors
 For more information visit: www.djindexes.com
 SIX Swiss Exchange is the nexus of interaction between participants, issuers and investors in an efficient and transparent securities market. It is the home exchange and trading market for the shares of leading international companies.
SIX Swiss Exchange is an integral part of SIX Group Ltd, which was created in 2008, with the amalgamation of the SWX Group, SIS Group and Telekurs Group. This holding entity provides infrastructure services to the Swiss financial centre's national and international participants. Its businesses span securities trading and settlement, financial information and payment transfers.
SIX Swiss Exchange's international services encompass the following business areas: the cash market, information products, the development and operation of trading platforms and the admission of securities to trading. Its broad product range is crucial in this regard, as is its fully integrated and automated trading, clearing and settlement system. SIX Swiss Exchange performs a further important function by laying down a regulatory framework, and monitoring and enforcing compliance. SIX Swiss Exchange is subject to Swiss law.
Bonds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded structured funds (ETSFs) and other investment funds are all traded on the state-of-the-art SWXess trading platform.
In collaboration with its subsidiary SIX Exfeed Ltd, as well as its Eurex, Scoach Switzerland Ltd and STOXX Ltd joint ventures, SIX Swiss Exchange provides first-rate securities exchange services. For more information visit: www.six-swiss-exchange.com
 NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With more than 8,000 listed issues, NYSE Euronext's equities markets -- the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Arca and NYSE Amex -- represent nearly 40 percent of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, the leading European derivatives business and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index and Fortune 500. For more information, please visit: www.euronext.com
STOXX Ltd. is a joint venture of Deutsche Börse AG, Dow Jones & Company and SWX Swiss Exchange. Launched in 1998, in advance of the European Monetary Union, the introduction of the euro and the creation of the Eurozone, the Dow Jones STOXX Indices became Europe’s leading equity indices in a fast and impressive success story. By consistently responding to market requirements, STOXX Ltd. further expanded its strategy beyond Europe. Together with Dow Jones Indexes, STOXX Ltd. operates as a globally integrated index provider, covering the world markets – developing, maintaining, distributing and marketing a comprehensive global family of strictly rules-based and transparent indices. These are licensed to more than 800* companies around the world as the basis for investment products. For more information visit www.stoxx.com or www.djindexes.com
 Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) is one of the leading global exchanges and the largest securities market in the Asia-Pacific region. The TSE is best known as premier equity market in Japan, valued at USD 3 trillion as of the end of 2008, and it also boasts the largest market for Japanese securities derivatives. A highly diversified range of products such as TOPIX futures and options give investors the tools they need to hedge their portfolios. Furthermore, the TSE is the primary market for Japanese ETFs and REITs and the exchange actively promotes the creation and listing of new products. Beyond its dynamic market, TSE develops and publicizes Japanese equity and J-REIT indices including TOPIX (Tokyo Stock Price Index). TOPIX Style Index Series has been added to the line-up since February 2009. The TSE issues licenses for use of its indices globally. For more information visit
 Since 1996 Wiener Börse provides a range of tradable indices which track the performance of stocks from Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Russia, Kazakhstan, the Ukraine and China. Some regional indices sponsored by Wiener Börse cover also the area of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. These indices are used by almost all international issuers as underlying for their structured products and also for ETFs. More information available on www.indices.cc
Wiener Börse operates the only securities exchange in Austria, running a state-of-the-art trading infrastructure for the cash market, derivative market and structured products. More information available on www.wienerborse.at and www.derivativesmarket.at
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