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Global Industry Classification Standard

Wed, 2009-11-11 10:58 — Anonymous (not verified)
“The Global Industry Classification Standard is an enhanced industry classification system jointly developed by Standard & Poor's (S&P) and MSCI Barra in 1999. GICS was developed in response to the global financial community’s need for one complete, consistent set of global sector and industry definitions.”
General information
Vocabulary alternative name or acronym: 

GICS

Vocabulary type: 
contrvoc
Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
0
Scope and Usage
Purpose: 
“It has been specifically designed to classify companies globally – in both
developed and developing economies. … GICS establishes a common standard that enables asset owners, asset managers and investment research specialists to make global comparisons by industry.”
Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
hier
Relationship types: 
hier_bn
Characteristics Comments: 

"Global Industry Classification Standard" and "GICS" are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's.

Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
Standard & Poor’s
Provider URL: 

http://www2.standardandpoors.com

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