Mergent, Inc. Announces Dividend Achievers Total Returns for 3Q 2006
New York, NY, October 17, 2006 – Mergent, Inc., a leading provider of dividend and custom indices, today announced total returns for its Dividend Achievers™ Index Family for the three months ending September 30.
During the quarter Mergent enhanced its Canadian offering with two new licensed products. On September 8th, Claymore Investments launched two classes of exchange-traded funds, the Claymore CDN Dividend & Income Achievers ETF common shares (CDZ) and the Claymore CDN Dividend & Income Achievers ETF advisor shares (CDZ.A). Mergent’s Canadian Dividend & Income Trust Achievers™ Index serves as the benchmark index for these two products and is calculated daily by the American Stock Exchange under the ticker “ACD”. The Index is comprised of a subset of Mergent’s Canadian Dividend Achievers™ Index and of a group of Canadian Royalty and Income Trusts and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). The subset of Mergent’s Canadian Dividend Achievers™ Index will constitute 70% of the total weight of the Index and the Canadian Royalty and Income Trusts and REITs will constitute 30% of the total weight of the Index
“We are once again pleased with the performance of our Index Family,” said Jonathan Worrall, CEO of Mergent. “In addition to posting strong returns, the quarter saw continued demand for our dividend-focused investing products and we are delighted to add to our offering through our partnership with Claymore Investments.”
About Mergent’s Dividend Achievers
A powerful tool for investors seeking a long-term portfolio of higher risk-adjusted returns, Mergent’s Dividend Achievers are companies that have increased their annual regular dividends for at least the past 10 consecutive years and have met specific liquidity screening criteria. The Dividend Achievers are typically companies with strong cash reserves, solid balance sheets and a proven record of consistent earnings growth. Mergent has been identifying these strong dividend-paying companies for more than 25 years.
The complete list of 2006 Dividend Achievers is available at www.dividendachievers.com. Mergent's Dividend Achievers Handbook, published quarterly by John Wiley & Sons, provides corporate information and financial data on all of the U.S. and Canadian Dividend Achievers companies, as well as a wide range of supplementary rankings.
About Mergent
Mergent, Inc., a Xinhua Finance company (TSE Mothers: 9399; OTC ADRs: XHFNY) is the preferred provider of business and financial data on global publicly listed companies. Currently headquartered in Charlotte, NC and New York City, with sales offices in key North American cities, Mergent also has a strong global presence, with offices in London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney. Mergent’s databases contain detailed equity, debt and corporate action information on over 15,000 U.S. public companies, 20,000 non-U.S. public companies and all U.S. municipal bonds.
For more than a century Mergent has been providing solutions to clients in the investment management, academic, research and corporate information fields. Today, that unique experience is combined with leading-edge technology to form a robust, diverse product line that operates under Mergent’s umbrella. These include; Mergent’s Dividend Achievers Indices – the premier benchmark for long-term returns; Ford Equity Research – a leading independent investment research firm; Mergent Online – a powerful web-based research portal that provides critical business information to support daily research and analysis; Mergent Manuals, Handbooks and Investment Guides; in-depth municipal and corporate fixed-income data, as well as end-of-day evaluation pricing; EventsData – providing real-time information on corporate actions, dividend payouts, news and updates directly to clients desktops. For more information, visit our websites, http://www.mergent.com/ and www.dividendachievers.com
Contact Samantha Dumas:
Taylor Rafferty
205 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 889-4350
Mergent Contact:
Shirley Petersen
Vice President, Index Licensing
Mergent, Inc.
60 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
212) 413-7751
About Xinhua Finance Limited
Xinhua Finance Limited is China’s unchallenged leader in financial information and media, and is listed on the Mothers board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (symbol: 9399) (OTC ADRs: XHFNY). Bridging China’s financial markets and the world, Xinhua Finance serves financial institutions, corporations and re-distributors through four focused and complementary service lines: Indices, Ratings, Financial News and Investor Relations. Founded in November 1999, the Company is headquartered in Shanghai with 20 news bureaus and offices in 19 locations across Asia, Australia, North America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.xinhuafinance.com.
New York, NY, October 17, 2006 – Mergent, Inc., a leading provider of dividend and custom indices, today announced total returns for its Dividend Achievers™ Index Family for the three months ending September 30.
During the quarter Mergent enhanced its Canadian offering with two new licensed products. On September 8th, Claymore Investments launched two classes of exchange-traded funds, the Claymore CDN Dividend & Income Achievers ETF common shares (CDZ) and the Claymore CDN Dividend & Income Achievers ETF advisor shares (CDZ.A). Mergent’s Canadian Dividend & Income Trust Achievers™ Index serves as the benchmark index for these two products and is calculated daily by the American Stock Exchange under the ticker “ACD”. The Index is comprised of a subset of Mergent’s Canadian Dividend Achievers™ Index and of a group of Canadian Royalty and Income Trusts and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). The subset of Mergent’s Canadian Dividend Achievers™ Index will constitute 70% of the total weight of the Index and the Canadian Royalty and Income Trusts and REITs will constitute 30% of the total weight of the Index
“We are once again pleased with the performance of our Index Family,” said Jonathan Worrall, CEO of Mergent. “In addition to posting strong returns, the quarter saw continued demand for our dividend-focused investing products and we are delighted to add to our offering through our partnership with Claymore Investments.”
About Mergent’s Dividend Achievers
A powerful tool for investors seeking a long-term portfolio of higher risk-adjusted returns, Mergent’s Dividend Achievers are companies that have increased their annual regular dividends for at least the past 10 consecutive years and have met specific liquidity screening criteria. The Dividend Achievers are typically companies with strong cash reserves, solid balance sheets and a proven record of consistent earnings growth. Mergent has been identifying these strong dividend-paying companies for more than 25 years.
The complete list of 2006 Dividend Achievers is available at www.dividendachievers.com. Mergent's Dividend Achievers Handbook, published quarterly by John Wiley & Sons, provides corporate information and financial data on all of the U.S. and Canadian Dividend Achievers companies, as well as a wide range of supplementary rankings.
About Mergent
Mergent, Inc., a Xinhua Finance company (TSE Mothers: 9399; OTC ADRs: XHFNY) is the preferred provider of business and financial data on global publicly listed companies. Currently headquartered in Charlotte, NC and New York City, with sales offices in key North American cities, Mergent also has a strong global presence, with offices in London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney. Mergent’s databases contain detailed equity, debt and corporate action information on over 15,000 U.S. public companies, 20,000 non-U.S. public companies and all U.S. municipal bonds.
For more than a century Mergent has been providing solutions to clients in the investment management, academic, research and corporate information fields. Today, that unique experience is combined with leading-edge technology to form a robust, diverse product line that operates under Mergent’s umbrella. These include; Mergent’s Dividend Achievers Indices – the premier benchmark for long-term returns; Ford Equity Research – a leading independent investment research firm; Mergent Online – a powerful web-based research portal that provides critical business information to support daily research and analysis; Mergent Manuals, Handbooks and Investment Guides; in-depth municipal and corporate fixed-income data, as well as end-of-day evaluation pricing; EventsData – providing real-time information on corporate actions, dividend payouts, news and updates directly to clients desktops. For more information, visit our websites, http://www.mergent.com/ and www.dividendachievers.com
Contact Samantha Dumas:
Taylor Rafferty
205 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 889-4350
Mergent Contact:
Shirley Petersen
Vice President, Index Licensing
Mergent, Inc.
60 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
212) 413-7751
About Xinhua Finance Limited
Xinhua Finance Limited is China’s unchallenged leader in financial information and media, and is listed on the Mothers board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (symbol: 9399) (OTC ADRs: XHFNY). Bridging China’s financial markets and the world, Xinhua Finance serves financial institutions, corporations and re-distributors through four focused and complementary service lines: Indices, Ratings, Financial News and Investor Relations. Founded in November 1999, the Company is headquartered in Shanghai with 20 news bureaus and offices in 19 locations across Asia, Australia, North America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.xinhuafinance.com.