Emerging Markets Indexes
MSCI Emerging Markets Indexes are built with the aim of helping you measure return in rapidly growing economies around the world. MSCI has worked extensively to provide insight into this landscape, with over $1.3 trillion in assets under management currently benchmarked to our emerging markets (EM) indexes.1
Target benefitsIdentify opportunities across transforming global economies
MSCI launched one of the first EM investable benchmark indexes, MSCI Emerging Markets Index, in 1988.
Use the EM indexes to enable core allocation and potential risk diversification.
Designed to adapt to the evolving EM opportunity set, covering ESG, climate, factor and thematic topics.
MSCI Emerging Markets Indexes²
At MSCI, we have witnessed the decades-long evolution of EM and continue to study its unique characteristics. We have designed indexes to help investors better understand the new market fundamentals, as well as b the impact of geopolitical shifts, such as the growing economic power of China and India.
24
Countries
10%
Weight in MSCI ACWI
1,440
Constituents
A shifting EM landscape
Countries have been added and removed from the MSCI Emerging Markets Indexes over the years based on our market classification framework that assesses economic development, size and liquidity, and market accessibility.
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