Examples of MSCI Indices in a sentence
Calculation of MSCI Equity Indices The MSCI Indices are calculated using the Laspeyres’ concept of a weighted arithmetic average together with the concept of chain-linking.
The majority of the equities held by the scheme are in international blue chip entities as included in the FTSE and MSCI Indices.
Large initial public offerings are not subject to the minimum length of trading requirement and may be included in a market investable equity universe and a standard index, such as the MSCI Indices, outside of a quarterly or semi-annual index review.
Currently, such changes in the MSCI Indices may generally only be made on four dates throughout the year: after the close of the last business day of each February, May, August and November.
Maintenance of the MSCI Indices In order to maintain the representativeness of the MSCI Indices, structural changes to each MSCI Index as a whole may be made by adding or deleting component securities.
Securities of companies suspended due to pending corporate events (e.g., merger, acquisition, etc.), will continue to be maintained in the MSCI Indices until they resume trading regardless of the duration of the suspension period.
Subsequently, if and when these securities resume normal trading, they may be considered as a potential addition to the MSCI Indices at the next scheduled Semi-Annual Index Review based on the rules described in the section 3.1 of the MSCI Global Investable Market Indices Methodology Book.
While each MSCI Indices has its own separate index construction and maintenance methodology, MSCI endeavors to develop and maintain a set of corporate event implementation rules that are as generic as possible and that can apply to any equity security included in the MSCI universe, regardless of the specific indices or products the security may belong to.
However, in the case of certain MSCI Indices (including the MSCI Global Investable Market Indices), IPOs which are significant in size may be considered for an early inclusion (at the time of the event, i.e. outside of the Index Reviews), depending on the inclusion criteria applying to the relevant MSCI Indices.If the decision is made to include an IPO early, the inclusion will generally become effective after theclose of the security’s tenth day of trading.
Calculation of MSCI Equity Indices The MSCI Indices are calculated using the Laspeyres concept of a weighted arithmetic average together with the concept of chain-linking.