MSCI World ex USA Growth Index

The MSCI World ex USA Growth Index captures large and mid cap securities exhibiting overall growth style characteristics across Developed Markets (DM) countries--excluding the United States. The growth investment style characteristics for index construction are defined using five variables: long-term forward EPS growth rate, short-term forward EPS growth rate, current internal growth rate and long-term historical EPS growth trend and long-term historical sales per share growth trend.