Thematic Indexes
Thematic investing is a future-focused investment approach that relies on research to explore long-term macroeconomic, geopolitical and technological trends. Clients use our integrated data, analytical tools, indexes and insights for a clearer view of long-term, structural shifts arising from climate change, disruptive technologies and changing consumer behavior.
Target benefitsGet clarity on thematic investing
Identify growth opportunities
Identify long-term trends that can potentially transform global economies, drive innovation and redefine business models.
Adopt rules-based methodology
Transparent, flexible, scalable and customizable index construction that allows for combinations of multiple themes or sub-themes.
Explore a world of big ideas
Over 30 themes across environment and resources; transformative technologies; health and healthcare; and society and lifestyle.
What’s newMSCI AI Value Chain Indexes
Range of 14 indexes providing investors a rules-based view of the investable AI value chain, from broad market exposure to granular component-level exposures.
Featured indexes
Circular Economy Indexes
A new approach to portfolios as we minimize waste and circulate resources to regenerate nature.
Decrement Indexes
Designed to represent the performance of a strategy in which a synthetic dividend is periodically withdrawn from the parent index.
Economic Regime Allocator Indexes
Aiming to represent the performance of a strategy that automatically allocates to market subsets when macroeconomic change is detected
Digital Asset Solutions
Designed to help institutional investors identify and measure trends across this evolving ecosystem.
Explore Thematic IndexesView performance details, fact sheets and more
How we can help you
ETF providers
ETFs are now available on nearly all our megatrend indexes as demand for licensing increases globally.
Asset owners
Understand and manage targeted exposure to long-term structural trends and benchmark performance.
Banks
Choose from extensive range of thematic indexes to support structured product build around megatrends.
Active managers
Respond to demands of asset owners and understand portfolio exposure to key long-term change.
Thematic index resources
Unleash power of future-focused investing
Learn about our three-dimensional approach to thematic investing and identifying globally impactful megatrends.
Who are our theme experts?
Read about ARK Invest, investment manager focused on disruptive innovation and Royalty Pharma, buyer of biopharmaceutical royalties.
How MSCI builds Thematic Indexes
A step-by-step guide to our future-focused investment approach.
Want to learn more about thematic investing?Get in touch.
Related to Thematic Indexes
MSCI Thematic Rotation Indexes
A dynamic approach to invest in megatrends based on current market sentiment.
Explore themes and sub-themes
From robotics and cybersecurity to genomic and millennials, we target companies potentially impacted by emerging trends.
