Global Family of Indices

Lehman Brothers is the world's leading provider of fixed income benchmarks. Our Global Family of Indices are used by over 90% of U.S. investors, a majority of large European investors and a growing share of Asian investors. With three decades of service to the global capital markets, Lehman Brothers remains committed to the Index business with dedicated teams in New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Our franchise has been awarded a first place ranking in the Institutional Investor polls, since rankings began in 1997, as well as a first place ranking in the Euromoney investor poll for "Best Index and Portfolio Analytics Provider."

The Index Group produces some of the most widely followed benchmarks in the global debt markets. Some of these highly regarded indices include the U.S. Aggregate Index, Euro-Aggregate Index, Global Aggregate Index and U.S. Universal Index.

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Why Investors, Consultants, Plan Sponsors and Issuers use Lehman Brothers' Indices

Index and Portfolio Analysis:

•	Our client Web site, LehmanLive®, provides clients with current and historical index returns as well as statistical data for all of the indices and sub-indices in the benchmark database.
•	PC Product and Sunbond allow investors to compare their portfolios with a given benchmark in order to measure risk.
•	Next generation POINT and POINTweb deliver essential models, analytics and technology.
•	The Firm offers a broad array of publications geared toward in-depth analysis of our indices.

Index Integrity and Transparency:

•	Unbiased, rules-based methodology used to determine index constituents
•	Comprehensive databases and accurate pricing sources
•	Timely and reliable data-delivery platforms

One-Stop Global Index Platform:

•	Investors can compare returns and risk for both governments and spread sectors among all regional debt markets.
•	Eliminates past needs by multi-currency investors to use an assortment of regional debt indices with varying rules.

* Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.