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SGX to develop and manage Nikkei Asia 300 Index

Benjamin Cher Published on Wed, Oct 05, 2016 / 4:30 PM GMT+8

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SINGAPORE (Oct 5): The Singapore Exchange and Nikkei announced their collaboration for SGX Index Edge to develop and manage the Nikkei Asia 300 Index and indices.

The Asia 300 index lists Asia’s biggest and fastest-growing companies from 11 markets, and currently consists of 325 companies, including 120 from Asean. These companies have been picked by Nikkei based on market capitalization, adjusted for growth potential and geographic balance.

SGX Index Edge will develop and manage a series of Indices to measure the performance of Asia’s most influential companies, as well as create sub-indices focused on individual markets comprising China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam as well as the ASEAN region.