Morgan Stanley Capital International is developing a new family of...

Morgan Stanley Capital International is developing a new family of U.S. equity indexes for domestic investors, said Khalid Ghayur, global director of research. It will feature large-cap, midcap, small-cap and micro-cap indexes that will form the components of a total market index. MSCI also will offer separate growth and value style indexes and sector indexes for domestic investors. "Our client base is telling us there is an opportunity here for another index provider to provide a family of indexes for U.S. investors that offers robust construction methodology,” Mr. Ghayur said.