NEW YORK, Mar 20, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- 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 Corporation (NYSE:SF), announces the following change:
Effective prior to the opening of business on Monday, March 25, 2013, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:RNR), a member of the KBW Property & Casualty Insurance Index (KPX(SM)), will undergo a decrease in shares due to a recent share repurchase.
The KBW indices have ten tradable exchange-traded funds licensed: KBW Bank Index (Index Ticker: BKX(SM), ETF Ticker: KBWB(SM)); KBW Capital Markets Index (Index Ticker: KSX(SM), ETF Ticker: KBWC(SM)); KBW Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KIX(SM), ETF Ticker: KBWI(SM)); KBW Regional Banking Index (Index Ticker: KRX(SM), ETF Ticker: KBWR(SM), KRS(SM), KRU(SM)); KBW Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index (Index Ticker: KDX(SM), ETF Ticker: KBWD(SM)); KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Index (Index Ticker: KYX(SM), ETF Ticker: KBWY(SM)); KBW Property and Casualty Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KPX(SM), ETF Ticker: KBWP(SM)); and KBW Global (Ex. U.S.) Financial Sector Index (Index Ticker: KGX(SM), ETF Ticker: KBWX(SM)).
About KBW
KBW, Inc., a Stifel company, operates in the U.S. and Europe through its broker dealer subsidiaries, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Limited. 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.
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SOURCE: Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
Press: Intermarket Communications Mike Gelormino, 212-909-4780
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