Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., a full-service investment bank that
specializes in the financial services sector, and a wholly owned
subsidiary of KBW, Inc. (NYSE: KBW), today announces the upcoming
quarterly rebalancing for the second quarter across its family of
indices. These changes will be effective prior to the opening of
business on Monday, June 18, 2012.
The KBW indices that have tradable exchange-traded funds are: KBW Bank
Index (Index Symbol: BKXSM, ETF Symbol KBWBSM);
KBW Capital Markets Index (Index Symbol: KSXSM, ETF Symbol
KBWCSM); KBW Insurance Index (Index Symbol: KIXSM,
ETF Symbol KBWISM); KBW Mortgage Finance Index (Index Symbol:
MFXSM) KBW Regional Banking Index (Index Symbol: KRXSM,
ETF Symbol: KBWRSM, KRSSM, KRUSM), and
KBW Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index (Index Symbol: KDXSM,
ETF Symbol KBWDSM); KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Index
(Index Symbol: KYXSM, ETF Symbol KBWYSM); KBW
Property and Casualty Insurance Index (Index Symbol: KPXSM,
ETF Symbol KBWPSM); and KBW Global (Ex. U.S.) Financial
Sector Index (Index Symbol: KGXSM, ETF Symbol KBWXSM).
About KBW
KBW, Inc. operates in the U.S., Europe and Asia through its broker
dealer subsidiaries, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Keefe, Bruyette &
Woods Limited and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Asia Limited. Celebrating its
50th anniversary, KBW has established itself as a leading independent
authority in the banking, insurance, brokerage, asset management,
mortgage banking, real estate and specialty finance sectors. Founded in
1962, the firm maintains industry-leading positions in the areas of
research, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions as well as sales
and trading in equities and debt securities of financial services
companies.
