Monday, July 23, 2012

Financial Products News #2012 - 53
Russell Index to be Disseminated in Real-Time on RussellTick Effective Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Feeds Impacted:

  • RussellTick

Contact Information:

 

What you need to know:

  • NASDAQ OMX®, on behalf of Russell Investments, will disseminate six Russell index with increased frequency on RussellTickTM, effective Wednesday, August 1, 2012.
  • As announced in FPN #10, RussellTick currently disseminates the summary messages for these indexes.

What has been announced?

NASDAQ OMX has been requested to increase the dissemination of the following indexes:

  • Russell Fundamental Emerging Mkts Large Company TR (Symbol: RUFGELTU)
  • Russell Fundamental Developed ex-US Lrg Company TR (Symbol: RUFDXLTU)
  • Russell Fundamental Developed ex-US Sml Company TR (Symbol: RUFDXSTU)
  • Russell Fundamental US Small Company Total Return (Symbol: RUFUSSTU)
  • Russell Fundamental US Large Company Total Return (Symbol: RUFUSLTU)
  • Russell Fundamental US Total Return (Symbol: RUFUSTU)

The increased frequency will assist clients in measuring products against the index. The summary messages will be disseminated as per usual and are unaffected by the increased dissemination frequency.

How will the indexes be disseminated?

Effective Wednesday, August 1, 2012, data recipients will receive real-time information from the proprietary RussellTick data feed.

Index Identifier Index Name Currency Dissemination Frequency Session ID Originator ID
RUFGELTU Russell Fundamental Emerging Mkts Large Company TR USD 5-second intervals “A” “RG”
RUFDXLTU Russell Fundamental Developed ex-US Lrg Company TR USD 5-second intervals “A” “RG”
RUFDXSTU Russell Fundamental Developed ex-US Sml Company TR USD 5-second intervals “A” “RG”
RUFUSSTU Russell Fundamental US Small Company Total Return USD 5-second intervals “A” “RU”
RUFUSLTU Russell Fundamental US Large Company Total Return USD 5-second intervals “A” “RU”
RUFUSTU Russell Fundamental US Total Return USD 5-second intervals “A” “RU”

NASDAQ OMX will support the following directory messages on RussellTick:

  • Index End-of-Day Summary (Category A - Type B): Disseminated at the end of the U.S. and European trading session to relay closing index summary data.
  • Index Directory (Category A - Type C): Disseminated at the start of each day to relay basic index information.

For a full list of the covered indexes on the RussellTick data feed product, please click here.

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