Deutsche Börse is to launch a new index on 4 January that tracks the performance of listed family businesses. The DAXplus family index comprises German and international companies from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s Prime Standard in which the founding families hold at least a 25 percent share of the voting rights or sit on the management or supervisory board and hold at least a 5 percent share of the voting rights. 113 businesses currently qualify for the index. The DAXplus Family 20 index comprises the 20 largest and most liquid shares of the DAXplus Family index.

“The DAXplus Family index functions as a benchmark for the important family business segment,” said Rainer Riess, Managing Director of Xetra Market Development at Deutsche Börse. “The index is also intended to serve as an indicator for medium-sized family businesses preparing for an IPO. Moreover, due to its liquidity, the DAXplus Family 20 index meets the requirements of an investment and trading function to a high degree.”

Weighting is based on market capitalization of freely tradable shares, i.e. free float. No single stock may account for more than 10 percent of the DAXplus Family index. The DAXplus Family 20 index follows Deutsche Börse’s concept of selection indices. It is calculated as a price and performance index every minute. Its composition will be monitored on a quarterly basis.

The DAXplus Family index is based on a cooperation project between Deutsche Börse and the Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies of the Technical University of Munich. Deutsche Börse Market Data & Analytics calculates and publishes a total of more than 3,000 indices, thus ranking among the world’s major index providers.

DAXplus® is a registered trademark of Deutsche Börse AG.