Innovations in Indexing AwardsInnovations in Indexing AwardsDecember 6, 2004December 6, 2004

2004 Super Bowl of Indexing2004 Super Bowl of IndexingThe “Five I’s” AwardsThe “Five I’s” AwardsThe Biltmore HotelThe Biltmore HotelPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona

Awards Procedures

• Balanced panel of index industry experts. • Open nominations process. Accepted online and by email.• Nominees screened by panel for to fit category and timeframe.• Panel was presented with an outline of and links to information for each nominee.• The aim is to select as a winner the most innovative product with the greatest potential impact on the index industry.• Voters with any interest in any nominee in a category cannot vote in that category.• One vote for each category. • Highest number of votes wins.

Lifetime Achievement Award

The First Annual Version of this Award is presented posthumously to honor Timothy Harbert of State Street Global Advisors

•The award will be known in future years as the “Tim Harbert Lifetime Achievement Award”

Most Innovative Index Fund

• Rydex SPhinX Hedge Fund Index Fund

• SPhinX by Plus Funds

• Lyxor MSCI Hedge Invest Tracker Fund

• Vanguard MSCI U.S. Index Funds

• Lowered index fund fees by E*Trade

• Lowered index fund fees by Fidelity

WINNER Most Innovative Index Fund

• Lowered index fund fees by Fidelity

Most Innovative Exchange-Traded Fund

• SPDR O-Strip (OOO) • iShares FTSE Xinhua 25 China ETF (FXI)• iShares Morningstar family of ETFs • DVY – iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend • Powershares (PWC) and (PWO)• iShares EM (EEM) and EAFE (EFA)• Rydex Equal-Weighted S&P 500 fund (RSP)• Vanguard VIPERs MSCI sector and U.S. funds

WINNER Most Innovative ETF

• iShares EM (EEM) and EAFE (EFA)

Most Innovative Benchmark Index

• MSCI U.S. Indexes • Morningstar U.S. Indexes • S&P Citigroup Indexes• S&P 500 Move to Free Float • BXM – the CBOE S&P 500 Buy-Write Index • MSCI Hedge Invest Index • S&P Hedge Indexes • FTSE Hedge • The Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes

WINNER Most Innovative Benchmark

• BXM - CBOE S&P 500 Buy-Write Index

Most Innovative Index Derivative

• VIX Futures

• X-Funds

• Mini-sized Dow Options

• Launch of Eurex U.S. • Launch of new Russell Futures and

Options with multiple listings

WINNER Most Innovative Derivative

• VIX Futures

Best Index-Related Research Paper

• Josef Schuster - IPOX Schuster IPO Indexes (paper) • Chih Wei Huang - Tracking the Real Market - (JoI Q4, 2003) • David Blitzer and Srikant Dash - Index Effect Revisited (paper) • Kelly Haughton - Russell Reconstitution and Derivatives – (JoI

Q1, 2004) • Ibbotson BXM Case Study • Jim Quinn and Frank Wang - How Is Your Reconstitution – (JoI

Q4, 2003) • Matt Hougan – More Than Just a Pretty Picture– (IU.com)• Khalid Ghayur and Gus Sauter – Index Rex (JoI Q1&2, 2002) • Steven Schoenfeld – The Future of Indexing (JoI Oct/Nov, 2004) • Scott Sacknoff – Tracking the Defense Sector (JoI Oct/Nov, 2004)

Best Index-Related Research Paper

• Steven Schoenfeld – The Future of Indexing (Oct/Nov JoI)

Innovations in Indexing AwardsInnovations in Indexing AwardsDecember 6, 2004December 6, 2004

2004 Super Bowl of Indexing2004 Super Bowl of IndexingThe “Five I’s” AwardsThe “Five I’s” AwardsThe Biltmore HotelThe Biltmore HotelPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona