SYDNEY--26 Nov--AsiaNet/InfoQuest NORTHERN TRUST... LONDON: Northern Trust Global Investments Limited, theinternational investment management arm of Northern Trust, haslaunched the Global Emerging Markets Index Fund, to meet demandfrom institutional investors seeking to achieve net returnsthat are in line with the return on the equity markets of theworld's emerging markets.www.northerntrust.com KCIC PLC... SEOUL: KCIC plc, which will be the first investment companyfocused on Korean SMEs to float on the London Stock Exchange'sAIM market, is pleased to announce that it has secured acornerstone investment of British pounds Sterling 2.5 millionfrom Woori Investment & Securities Co. Ltd., the leading Koreansecurities business.www.danielstewart.co.uk DHL CONTRACT... 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH: DHL, the worldwide leader in internationalexpress and logistics services, has expanded its contract withQuintiq for a real-time advanced planning & scheduling solutioninto a worldwide agreement. The new global contract will enableDHL to improve its dispatch process and customer service aroundthe world.www.quintiq.com GLG PARTNERS... NEW YORK: GLG Partners, Inc. today announced that itsubmitted a finalized original listing application to list itscommon stock, warrants and units on the New York StockExchange. The Securities commenced trading on the NYSE at theopen of business on November 5, 2007, under the symbols GLG,GLG WS and GLG.U, respectively. SMARTTRUST WIB... STOCKHOLM: SmartTrust, leader in Mobile Device Management,announces the 90th SmartTrust WIB SIM certification. Thismilestone was reached when certifying the 51st SIM supportingSmartTrust WIB 1.3.www.smarttrust.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$735million on December 5, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest.Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$50 million onDecember 4, 2007 and December 3, 2007 at a redemption priceequal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.Fannie Mae will also redeem the principal amount of MTNsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$25 million onDecember 7, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent ofthe principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com AIDS TREATMENT... NEW DELHI: Bowing to an increasing need for more effectiveAIDS treatments in India and recent high-profile publicadvocacy from a broad coalition of AIDS activists, India'sNational AIDS Control Organization and Health Minister A.Ramadoss will announce the rollout of lifesaving second-lineantiretroviral treatment in India in a ceremony on World AIDSDay, Saturday, December 1st.www.aidshealth.org AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.