Custom indexes
Customized indexes for specific needs
With more than 40 years of benchmarking leadership, we have accumulated exceptional expertise in designing and calculating both traditional market cap weighted and alternatively-weighted equity indexes. Investors with unique index requirements can tap into the full scope of our experienced indexing capabilities and extensive data through our custom indexes. We currently calculate more than 7,000 custom indexes for more than 700 clients globally, drawing from our database of more than 22,000 securities across more than 75 countries. Our custom indexes apply the same index construction, maintenance discipline, data reliability, global service and support that institutional investors have come to expect from our core index offerings.
The MSCI custom index advantage
Broad Coverage: Customize any MSCI index to reflect specific benchmark or product requirements.
Rigorous Calculation: Investable, transparent and replicable indexes designed with the same rigorous calculation and maintenance methodology as applied to the MSCI Indexes.
Data Reliability: Well-established, reliable index production process – same as used for calculating all MSCI Indexes.
Global Support: Cross-functional custom indexes team of experts in Research, Index Production, IT and Product Management.
Applications
We offer a wide variety of flexible options for defining, calculating and disseminating custom indexes. Any MSCI Index may be used as a starting point. You can specify the customization criteria and we can implement, calculate and maintain the index based on your specifications.
You can use the MSCI Custom Indexes to:
- Avoid benchmark misfit by using an index that more accurately reflects the investment strategy or constraints
- Benchmark socially responsible investment strategies (environmental, political, social)
- Carry out bespoke reporting, performance and risk analysis
- Manage currency risk via custom hedged indexes
- Outsource the calculation of specialized in-house indexes
- Comply with regulatory guidelinesthrough the application of certain capping criteria
- Construct and issue index-linked products to meet specific investment themes applying investability and liquidity criteria
Performance
Custom Indexes (select your index by choosing the appropriate Indexes in the drop down menu)
Methodologies
MSCI Select Indexes for Mexican Afores
MSCI Europe Equal Risk Contribution (ERC) Index Methodology
MSCI All Nigeria Select 25/50 Index Methodology
MSCI World Custom ESG Index / MSCI World Custom ESG 100% Hedged to EUR Index – Methodology
MSCI Russia Capped Index Methodology
MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield Index Methodology
MSCI Mexico IMI Capped Index Methodology
MSCI Hong Kong+ Index Methodology
Northern Trust Index on MSCI Emerging Markets Methodology
MSCI ACWI Select Global Norms and Criteria Index Methodology
MSCI Russia Local Liquidity Screened Capped Index
MSCI Mexico Select Risk Weighted Index
MSCI Mexico Select Momentum Capped Index
MSCI China and USA Internet Top 50 Equal Weighted Index
MSCI Europe Select Green 50 5% Decrement Index