Last year, S&P Dow Jones Indices and MSCI announced changes to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) and published the full list of companies that will be affected. These changes will go ...

Changes to the Global Industry Classification Standard adjusted the sector weights in the S&P 500. Sector futures provide a way to manage risk related to the 11 GICS sectors and gain exposure to ...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE: CRS) today confirmed that its Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) designation, as determined by MSCI ...

The investment industry’s Global Industry Classification Standard, GICS, was created in 1999 by MSCI Inc. (ticker: MSCI) and S&P Global Inc. (SPGI). The idea was to standardize industrial and economic ...

Before 2000, investment and industrial sectors were not standardized. Brokers, investment advisors and asset managers all used their own proprietary classification systems. There was, of course, ...

Private assets are growing rapidly, fueled by institutional allocations and increasing flows from private wealth. Yet the industry remains constrained by a lack of transparency, with no common system ...

After the close on 17 March, S&P Dow Jones and MSCI will reclassify the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) structure. This will influence 14 S&P 500 companies. The current GICS structure ...