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FTSE 100 ON TRACK TO WIPE OUT PENSIONS DEFICIT BY END OF 2004 (548 words) |
 | Updating analysis released in October 2003 to take into the latest investment bank estimates, Aon Consulting research suggests that the overall pensions deficit for the FTSE 100 is forecast to fall from £65 billion in December 2003 to £40 billion in 2004. |
| Alternative scenarios that would also see the overall pensions deficit of the FTSE 100 wiped out include a rise in the FTSE 100 to 5600, or an increase in corporate bond yields to 6.3 percent and a rise in the FTSE 100 to 5000. |
| Based on estimates by Morgan Stanley that the pensions deficit of FTSE 100 companies was £ 65 billion at the end of 2002, Aon Consulting used this figure and the average asset allocation to project the assets and the liabilities of the FTSE 100 companies' pension fund assets and liabilities to the end of 2004. |
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FTSE UK Index Series (621 words) |
| The FTSE UK Index Series is designed to represent the performance of UK companies, providing investors with a comprehensive and complementary set of indices that measure the performance of all capital and industry segments of the UK equity market. |
| The FTSE UK Capped 5% Indices are based on the underlying constituents of the FTSE 100 Index and FTSE All-Share Index. |
| The FTSE UK Dividend+ Index is a yield weighted index designed to select and measure the performance of higher yielding stocks within the universe of the FTSE 350 Index, excluding investment trusts. |
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