MSCI EMU Growth Index

The MSCI EMU Growth Index (European Economic and Monetary Union) captures large and mid cap securities exhibiting overall growth style characteristics across the Developed Markets countries in the EMU. 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.