NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., a full‐service, boutique investment bank and broker‐dealer that specializes in the financial services sector and a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), announces the upcoming index rebalancing for the third quarter of 2019.

This quarter, there are constituent changes within three of our indexes, including the KBW Nasdaq Financial Technology Index (Index Ticker: KFTX), the KBW Nasdaq Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index (Index Ticker: KDX), and the KBW Nasdaq Bank Index (Index Ticker: BKX). 

These changes will be effective prior to the opening of business on Monday, September 23, 2019.

As part of this rebalancing, below are the component level changes across various indices:  

   
KBW Nasdaq Financial Technology Index (Index Ticker: KFTX, ETF Ticker: FTEK.LN)
   
Add (1):   RealPage, Inc. (NASDAQ: RP)
   
Delete (1): Total System Services, Inc. (NYSE: TSS)
 
KBW Nasdaq Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index (Index Ticker: KDX, ETF Ticker: KBWD)
   
Delete (1): Oritani Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ORIT)
 
KBW Nasdaq Bank Index (Index Ticker: BKX; ETF Ticker: KBWB)
   
Add (1): CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT)
   
Delete (1): SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI)
   

Several of the KBW Nasdaq indices have tradable exchange‐traded funds licensed: KBW Nasdaq Bank Index (Index Ticker: BKX SM , ETF Ticker: KBWB SM ); KBW Nasdaq Capital Markets Index (Index Ticker: KSX SM ); KBW Nasdaq Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KIX SM ); KBW Nasdaq Regional Banking Index (Index Ticker: KRX SM , ETF Ticker: KBWR SM ); KBW Nasdaq Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index (Index Ticker: KDX SM , ETF Ticker: KBWD SM ); KBW Nasdaq Premium Yield Equity REIT Index (Index Ticker: KYX SM , ETF Ticker: KBWY SM ); KBW Nasdaq Property and Casualty Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KPX SM , ETF Ticker: KBWP SM ); KBW Nasdaq Global Bank Index (Index Ticker: GBKX SM ); KBW Nasdaq Financial Technology Index (Index Ticker: KFTX SM , ETF Ticker: FTEK.LN SM ).

Not all of the listed securities may be suitable for retail investors; in addition, not all of the listed securities may be available to U.S. investors. European investors interested in FTEK LN can contact Invesco at   https://etf.invesco.com/gb/private/en/product...nformation . U.S. investors cannot buy or hold FTEK LN. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.

About KBW KBW (Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., operating in the U.S., and Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, also trading as Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Europe, operating in Europe) is a Stifel company. Over the years, KBW has established itself as a leading independent authority in the banking, insurance, brokerage, asset management, mortgage banking and specialty finance sectors. Founded in 1962, the firm maintains industry‐leading positions in the areas of research, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions as well as sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

Media Contact Neil Shapiro, (212) 271-3447 shapiron@stifel.com