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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 have become Europe's leading 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.
The indices of STOXX Ltd. and Dow Jones Indexes are licensed to over
800 companies around the world as underlyings for Exchange Traded
Funds (ETFs), Futures & Options, Structured Products and
passively-managed investment funds.
The market has chosen the Dow Jones STOXX indices as the standard for
European index, exchange-listed products: three of the top Exchange
Traded Funds (ETFs) in Europe and 30 percent of all assets under
management are based on Dow Jones STOXX indices. Beside its leading
role as Europe's number one index provider in the ETF segment, STOXX
Ltd. holds Europe's number one and the world's number two position
in the derivatives segment.
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