GENEVA — MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a heading provider of investment preference support collection worldwide, including indexes, portfolio risk and opening analytics and ESG information and research, announced currently a formula of a Aug 2014 Quarterly Index Review for a MSCI Equity Indexes – including a MSCI Global Standard, MSCI Global Small Cap and MSCI Micro Cap Indexes, as good as a MSCI Global Value and Growth Indexes, a MSCI Frontier Markets and MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Indexes, a MSCI Global Islamic and MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indexes, a MSCI Pan‐Euro and MSCI Euro Indexes, a MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Indexes, a MSCI US Equity Indexes, a MSCI US REIT Index, as good as a MSCI China A Indexes. All changes will be implemented as of a tighten of Aug 29, 2014. These changes have been posted on a Index Review web page on MSCI’s web site during http://www.msci.com/products/indexes/size/standard/index_review.html.
MSCI Global Standard Indexes: Six bonds will be combined to and one confidence will be deleted from a MSCI ACWI Index. In a MSCI World Index, a 3 additions totalled by full association marketplace capitalization will be Hilton Worldwide Holdings (USA), Ally Financial (USA) and Seibu Holdings (Japan). The 3 additions to a MSCI Emerging Markets Index totalled by full association marketplace capitalization will be Mesaieed Petrochemical (Qatar), LPP (Poland) and Brait (South Africa).
MSCI Global Small Cap Indexes: There will be one serve to and twelve deletions from a MSCI ACWI Small Cap Index.
MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes: There will be 5 additions to and eleven deletions from a MSCI ACWI IMI.
MSCI Global All Cap Indexes: There will be 3 additions to and 6 deletions from a MSCI World All Cap Index.
MSCI Global Value and Growth Indexes: At a Aug 2014 Quarterly Index Review, Ally Financial (USA) will be combined to both a MSCI ACWI Value Index and a MSCI ACWI Growth Index, with a Value Inclusion Factor of 0.35 and a Growth Inclusion Factor of 0.65. There will be no other additions to a MSCI ACWI Value Index, while Hilton Worldwide Holdings (USA), Mesaieed Petrochemical (Qatar), Seibu Holdings (Japan), Brait (South Africa) and LPP (Poland) will be a 5 other additions to MSCI ACWI Growth Index.
MSCI Frontier Markets Indexes: There will be no additions to or deletions from a MSCI Frontier Markets Index.
There will be no additions to or deletions from a MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Index.
MSCI Global Islamic Indexes: Twenty-two bonds will be combined to and 28 bonds will be deleted from a MSCI ACWI Islamic Index. The 3 largest additions to a MSCI ACWI Islamic Index will be SSE (United Kingdom), Roper Industries (USA) and Vestas Wind Systems (Denmark). There will be 6 additions to and no deletions from a MSCI Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries ex Saudi Arabia IMI Islamic Index.
MSCI US Equity Indexes: There will be no bonds combined to and no bonds deleted from a MSCI US Large Cap 300 Index.
Two bonds will be combined to and no bonds will be deleted from a MSCI US Mid Cap 450 Index. The additions to a MSCI US Mid Cap 450 Index are Salix Pharmaceuticals and Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation.
No bonds will be combined to and dual bonds will be deleted from a MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index. The deletions from a MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index are Salix Pharmaceuticals and Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation.
There will be no additions to and no deletions from a MSCI US Micro Cap Index.
For a MSCI US Investable Market Value Index, there will be no additions and no deletions. There will also be no ceiling and one downward change in Value Inclusion Factor (VIF). For a MSCI US Investable Market Growth Index, there will be no additions and no deletions. There will also be one ceiling and no downward change in Growth Inclusion Factor (GIF).
MSCI US REIT Index: There will be no additions to or deletions from a MSCI US REIT Index.
MSCI China A Indexes: There will be dual additions to and dual deletions from a MSCI China A Index. The additions to a MSCI China A Index will be China Cosco Holdings A and Sichuan Chengfei Integration A. There will be dual additions to and 4 deletions from a MSCI China A Small Cap Index.
The formula of a Aug 2014 Quarterly Index Review of a MSCI Pan‐Euro and MSCI Euro Indexes and a MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indexes have also been posted on MSCI’s web site during www.msci.com.
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