Semi-Annual Changes to the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index
May 19 2014 - 08:05AM
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), and CRD Analytics today
announced the results of the semi-annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ
OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index (Nasdaq:QCRD), which will
become effective prior to market open on Monday, May 19, 2014.
The following five securities will be added to the Index: Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AKAM), Biogen Idec Inc. (Nasdaq:BIIB),
Celgene Corporation (Nasdaq:CELG), Edison International (NYSE:EIX)
and NetApp, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP).
The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index (Nasdaq:QCRD) is
an equally weighted equity index that serves as a benchmark for
stocks of companies that are taking a leadership role in
sustainability performance reporting and are traded on a major US
stock exchange. The Index is made up of companies that have taken a
leadership role in disclosing their carbon footprint, energy usage,
water consumption, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, employee
safety, workforce diversity, management composition and community
investing. These are companies that are voluntarily disclosing
their current environmental, social and governance risks as well as
their revenue opportunities and how it will affect future
performance according to the Global Reporting Initiative G3.1/G4
Guidelines. The securities must also meet other eligibility
criteria, which include minimum requirements for market value,
average daily share volume, and price. The Index is evaluated on a
semi-annual basis in May and November. For more information about
the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index, including detailed
eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.
As a result of the re-ranking, the following five securities
will be removed from the Index: Bank of America Corporation
(NYSE:BAC), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Chevron Corporation
(NYSE:CVX), Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE:GG) and Pfizer Inc.
(NYSE:PFE).
About NASDAQ OMX Global Indexes
NASDAQ OMX Global Indexes has been creating innovative,
market-leading, transparent indexes since 1971. Today, our index
offering spans geographies and asset classes and includes diverse
families such as the Global Equity, Dividend Achievers, Fixed
Income, Commodity, Nordic, Green Economy, and Sharia indexes.
Voted "Most Innovative Index Provider" worldwide by ETF Express
readers, NASDAQ Global Indexes continuously offers new
opportunities for financial product sponsors across a wide-spectrum
of investable products and for asset managers to measure risk and
performance. NASDAQ OMX Global Indexes also provides custom index
services and design solutions to financial organizations. For more
information about NASDAQ OMX Global Indexes, visit
indexes.nasdaqomx.com or follow the Global Indexes team on
Twitter.
Daily index values, weightings and historical data for NASDAQ
OMX indexes are available via NASDAQ OMX Global Index Watch and
NASDAQ OMX Global Index Data Service.
About NASDAQ OMX Group
NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading provider of trading,
exchange technology, information and public company services across
six continents. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, NASDAQ
OMX enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business
vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide
transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital
markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic stock
market, its technology powers more than 70 marketplaces in 50
countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions.
NASDAQ OMX is home to more than 3,200 listed companies with a
market value of over $8 trillion. To learn more, visit
www.nasdaqomx.com.
The information contained above is provided for informational
and educational purposes only, and nothing contained herein should
be construed as investment advice, either on behalf of a particular
financial product or an overall investment strategy. Neither The
NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. nor any of its affiliates makes any
recommendation to buy or sell any financial product or any
representation about the financial condition of any company or
fund. Statements regarding NASDAQ's proprietary indexes are not
guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ
materially from those expressed or implied. Past performance is not
indicative of future results. Investors should undertake their own
due diligence and carefully evaluate companies before investing.
ADVICE FROM A SECURITIES PROFESSIONAL IS STRONGLY ADVISED.
About CRD Analytics
CRD Analytics is a leading provider of independent
sustainability investment analytics. Using its proprietary
SmartView® 360 Platform, CRD Analytics empowers its clients with
actionable and performance-driven information distilled from large
sets of complex data including financial, environmental, social,
governance information. CRD Analytics partners with its clients to
construct proprietary index-based products – Exchange-Traded Funds
(ETFs), separately-managed accounts, mutual funds and Unit
Investment Trusts (UITs). For more information about CRD Analytics,
go to http://www.crdanalytics.com.
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CONTACT: Media Contacts:
Joseph Christinat, NASDAQ OMX
+1.646.441.5121
Josh Machiz, NASDAQ OMX
+1.212.231.5614
Issuer & Investor Contact:
Natasha Selzer, NASDAQ OMX
+1.301.978.8623
CRD Analytics Contact:
Michael Muyot
+1.347.415.6243
mmuyot@crdanalytics.com
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