MSCI Equity Indices May 2010 Index Review
May 11 2010 - 5:50PM
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MSCI Inc (NYSE: MXB), a leading provider of investment decision
support tools worldwide, including indices and portfolio risk and
performance analytics, announced today changes to the MSCI Equity
Indices – including MSCI Global Standard and MSCI Global Small Cap
Indices as well as the MSCI Global Value and Growth Indices, the
MSCI Frontier Markets Indices, the MSCI Global Islamic and MSCI
Global Islamic Small Cap Indices, the MSCI High Dividend Yield
Indices, the MSCI Pan-Euro and MSCI Euro Indices, the MSCI US
Equity Indices, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI GDP Weighted
Indices, the MSCI Asia APEX 50 Index as well as the MSCI China A
Indices – that will be made as of the close of May 26, 2010. These
changes result from the May 2010 Semi-Annual Index Review and have
been posted on MSCI’s web site at http://www.mscibarra.com.
As a reminder, MSCI Israel Index will be reclassified from the
MSCI Emerging Markets Index to the MSCI World Index as part of the
May 2010 Semi-Annual Index Review.
MSCI Global Standard
Indices: Forty-two securities will be added to and 45
securities will be deleted from the MSCI Global Standard Indices.
The three largest additions to the MSCI World Index are Teva
Pharmaceutical (Israel), which will be added due to the
reclassification of Israel, CIT Group (US) and Red Back Mining
(Canada). The three largest additions to the MSCI Emerging Market
Index are Gudang Garam (Indonesia), Lee & Man Paper
Manufacturing (China) and Rural Electrification Co (India).
MSCI Global Small Cap
Indices: Five hundred eleven securities will be added to and
188 securities will be deleted from the MSCI Global Small Cap
Indices. Overall, there will be 502 additions to and 182 deletions
from the MSCI Global Investable Market Indices.
MSCI Global Value and Growth
Indices: For the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) Value
Index, the largest additions or style changes from growth to value
will be Telefonica (Spain), Johnson & Johnson (US) and China
Mobile (China). For the MSCI ACWI Growth Index, the largest
additions or style changes from value to growth will be Exxon Mobil
Corp (US), Barclays (UK) and Boeing Co (US).
MSCI Frontier Markets
Indices: MSCI also announced today that the MSCI Bangladesh
Index, launched in November 2009 as a stand-alone country index,
will be added to the MSCI Frontier Markets Index as part of the May
2010 Semi-Annual Index Review.
There will be 19 additions to and 29 deletions from the MSCI
Frontier Markets Indices. The three largest additions are all
companies from Bangladesh: Square Pharmaceuticals, Bangladesh
Export Import and Islami Bank Bangladesh. In addition, MSCI
will introduce a new stand-alone country index for Bosnia
Herzegovina as part of the May 2010 Semi-Annual Index Review.
MSCI Global Islamic
Indices: Eighty securities will be added to and 66 will be
deleted from the MSCI ACWI Islamic Index. The three largest
additions to the MSCI ACWI Islamic Index are Pfizer (US), Oracle
Corp (US), and Merck & Co (US). There will also be four
additions to and twelve deletions from the MSCI Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) Countries Domestic Islamic Index.
MSCI US Equity Indices:
There will be six securities added to and three securities deleted
from the MSCI US Large Cap 300 Index. The three largest additions
to the MSCI US Large Cap 300 Index are Intuitive Surgical, Marvell
Technology Group and Estee Lauder Cos A.
Seventeen securities will be added to and 13 securities will
be deleted from the MSCI US Mid Cap 450 Index. The three largest
additions to the MSCI US Mid Cap 450 Index are CIT Group, Liberty
Global A and Liberty Global C. Seventy securities will be
added to and 41 securities will be deleted from the MSCI US Small
Cap 1750 Index. The three largest additions to the MSCI US Small
Cap 1750 Index are Signet Jewelers, Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation,
and Talecris Biotherapeutics. There will be 52 additions to and 20
deletions from the MSCI US Micro Cap Index.
For the MSCI US Investable Market
Value Index, there will be 232 additions or upward changes in Value
Inclusion Factors (VIFs), and 224 deletions or downward changes in
VIFs. For the MSCI US Investable Market Growth Index, there will be
258 additions or upward changes in Growth Inclusion Factors (GIFs),
and 229 deletions or downward changes in GIFs.
MSCI US REIT Index: There
will be two additions to and one deletion from the MSCI US REIT
Index.
MSCI China A Indices: There
will be 105 additions to and four deletions from the MSCI China A
Index. The three largest additions to the MSCI China A Index are
Haitong Securities Co A, China Everbright Securities A, and
Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology A.
There will be 213 additions to and 115 deletions from the
MSCI China A Small Cap Index.
The results of the May 2010 Semi-Annual Index Review of the MSCI
High Dividend Yield Indices, the MSCI Pan-Euro and MSCI Euro
Indices, the MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indices as well as the
MSCI Asia APEX 50 Index have also been posted on MSCI’s web site at
www.mscibarra.com.
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