Outlook on Fast Growing Investment Trends: Dividends, Commodities & Retirements

Journalists Invited to Listen in Live on August 23


MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 22, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Investors are focusing more and more on new and unique investment strategies or choose asset classes that have been gaining momentum. Professional journalists are invited to join three leading investment experts for a 45-minute conference call on Tuesday, August 23, 2005, providing details about three hot trends: Dividends, Commodities & Retirements.

Expert speakers are:



 -- Dividend Investing: Amy Schioldager, Managing Director, Head of
    US Equity Indexing Products, Barclays Global Investors

 -- Retirement/Target Date Investing: Michael Dalis, Director of
    Institutional Sub-Advisory Services, State Street Global
    Advisors (SSgA)

 -- Commodities: Bob Greer, Senior Vice President, Real Return
    Product Manager, PIMCO

The call is hosted by Dow Jones Indexes/STOXX Ltd. John Prestbo, Editor of Dow Jones Indexes, will moderate the call and following Q&A.



 WHAT:              MID-YEAR INVESTMENT TRENDS OUTLOOK
                    COMMODITIES & RETIREMENTS

 DIAL IN NUMBER:    U.S. callers, 1-800-762-6067
                    International callers, +1-480-629-9566

 WHEN:              Tuesday, August 23, 2005

 TIME:              10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT
                    3:00 pm - 3:45 pm GMT (15.00 - 15.45)
                    4:00 pm - 4:45 pm CET  (16.00 - 16.45)

Call begins promptly at 10:00 am (EDT). Listeners are advised to call in a few moments beforehand to log into the system.

Please contact Rebecca Patterson, Dow Jones Indexes/STOXX Ltd., with any questions, at +1-212-597-5743, or pr-indexes@dowjones.com

Please inform us of your availability to participate in order that we can provide the appropriate number of phone lines. We hope that you can join us.


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