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MSCI ACWI methodology changes: v2025.08 → v2025.11

Edition dated 2025-11 · 82 changes: 2 major · 11 minor (69 editorial changes not listed)

Changes from v2025.08 to v2025.11, in document order
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2.2.3 Equity Universe Minimum Size Requirement 17 M3 modified Minor Open in What changed ↗
2.3.2.1 Defining the Global Minimum Size Reference 24 M4 modified Minor Open in What changed ↗
3.1.9 Date of Data Used for Index Reviews 48 M6 modified Major Open in What changed ↗
3.3.1.1 Client Announcements 57 M10 removed Minor Open in What changed ↗
3.3.1.2 Public Announcements 59 M10 removed Minor Open in What changed ↗
3.3.2 IPOs and Other Early Inclusions 59 M10 removed Minor Open in What changed ↗
Eligible Markets (Standalone Markets) 75 M2 modified Minor Open in What changed ↗
Ineligible Alert Boards 81 M3 modified Minor Open in What changed ↗
Other Cases 83 M6 modified Major Open in What changed ↗
Appendix II: Market Classification Framework 84 M1 modified Minor Open in What changed ↗
Markets Under Index Continuity 88 M4 modified Minor Open in What changed ↗
Appendix VI: Free Float Definition and Estimation Guidelines 97 M5 modified Minor Open in What changed ↗
Appendix XIII: MSCI Domestic Indexes 123 M1 modified Minor Open in What changed ↗

All changes of this step in What changed ↗

Later steps: v2025.11 → v2026.02 · v2026.02 → v2026.08