Real Estate Slated for Eleventh Headline Sector in GICS®

Stock exchange-listed equity REITs and other listed real estate companies will be reclassified from the Financials Sector and elevated to an 11th headline Real Estate Sector of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), the leading global listed equity classification system maintained by MSCI Inc. and S&P Dow Jones Indices. Industry observers received the news as a major step in the growth of REIT-based real estate investment.

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