MSCI Emerging Markets Index

Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (commonly abbreviated as MSCI EM) is a free-float adjusted market capitalisation-weighted equity index maintained by MSCI Inc. (previously Morgan Stanley Capital International), covering large- and mid-cap stocks across 24 emerging market (EM) countries. First launched in 1988, the MSCI EM is the most widely referenced benchmark for the emerging markets equity asset class globally, with over USD 1.7 trillion in assets benchmarked to it as of 2024. For Indian mutual fund investors, the MSCI EM Index is the benchmark used by fund-of-fund (FoF) schemes and overseas ETF feeder funds that invest in emerging markets equities.

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MSCI Emerging Markets Index