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The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) is an industry taxonomy developed in 1999 by MSCI and Standard & Poor's (S&P) for use by the global financial community. The GICS structure consists of 11 sectors, 25 industry groups, 74 industries and 163 sub-industries [1] into which S&P has categorized all major public companies.
The S&P Dow Jones Indices will be reorganizing the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), which will bring a bevy of changes in not only tech, but also communications. As such, this new ...
After the close of the market on Friday, September 21, 2018, the technology sectors of the S&P 500 Index and the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) underwent a huge change, that reshuffled the sector in which certain telecommunication and information technology companies would be placed.
Bloomberg Industry Classification Standard [2] Bloomberg L.P. 10/.../2294 GICS Global Industry Classification Standard: Standard & Poor's, MSCI: market/ company 2-8 digits 11/24/69/158 1999–present (2018) HSICS Hang Seng Industry Classification System [3] Hang Seng Indexes Company: Revenue source 11/31/89 IBBICS Industry Building Blocks [4]
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The proprietary taxonomies are often used in the financial services industry to group similar investment vehicles and to construct sectorial stock market indices. Proprietary taxonomies include the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) and the Thomson Reuters Business Classification (TRBC).
The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) is a system for classifying industries by a four-digit code as a method of standardizing industry classification for statistical purposes across agencies. Established in the United States in 1937, it is used by government agencies to classify industry areas.
The Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) is an industry classification taxonomy launched by Dow Jones and FTSE in 2005 and now used by FTSE International and STOXX. It is used to segregate markets into sectors within the macroeconomy. The ICB uses a system of 11 industries, partitioned into 20 supersectors, which are further divided into 45 ...