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S&P Dow Jones Indices Launches Green Real Estate Index Series S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI"), the world’s leading index provider, today launched a new series of indices designed to represent real estate companies with a strong track record of sustainability performance. The index series is an extension of the Dow Jones Select Real Estate Securities Indices (RESI) and utilizes data from GRESB – a leader in evaluating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) characteristics of real estate companies.
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:00:00 EDT First Financial Bankshares Set to Join S&P MidCap 400; Ferro to Join S&P SmallCap 600 S&P SmallCap 600 constituent First Financial Bankshares Inc. (NASD: FFIN) will replace MB Financial Inc. (NASD: MBFI) in the S&P MidCap 400, and Ferro Corp. (NYSE: FOE) will replace First Financial Bankshares in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the open of trading on Friday, March 22. S&P 500 constituent Fifth Third Bancorp (NASD: FITB) is acquiring MB Financial in a transaction expected to be completed soon pending final conditions.
Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:41:05 EDT Fox Set to Join S&P 500; Adobe to Join S&P 100 • Fox Corp. (NASD:FOXAV;FOXBV) will be added to the S&P 500 prior to the open of trading on Tuesday, March 19. Fox will replace Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (NASD:FOXA;FOX), which will be removed from the S&P 500 and S&P 100 effective prior to the open of trading on Wednesday, March 20. S&P 500 and 100 constituent The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) is acquiring Twenty-First Century Fox one day after Twenty-First Fox spins off Fox Corp. to shareholders. For index purposes, S&P DJI considers Fox Corp. to be the surviving entity of Twenty-First Century Fox and therefore both the Class A and Class B common stock lines will continue to be included in the S&P 500. Effective on March 19, Twenty-First Century Fox will change its Class A common stock ticker from FOXA to TFCFA and its Class B common stock ticker from FOX to TFCF. Also effective on March 19, Fox Corp. will change its Class A common stock ticker from FOXAV to FOXA and its Class B common stock ticker from FOXBV to FOX.
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 07:00:05 GMT Can Sophisticated Investors Be Defrauded? Courts Keep Ruling No A federal judge’s dismissal of a market manipulation case against a former Barclays trader is further evidence of the difficulty of proving fraud when sophisticated parties are involved.
