The DISC Index is a new benchmark for index fund managers and pension plan sponsors who seek to round out the country coverage of their passive international equity funds.
Exact coverage varies by country.
As with the BMI, PMI, EMI and Cap Range World Index series, the DISC Index contains a full complement of region, country, sector and industry indices. In addition to providing a smaller-cap alternative, sponsors seeking to round out their equity index coverage can use strategies designed to track the DISC index to complete their portfolio. As a subset of the flagship SSB BMI World Index, the DISC Index has been backcasted with a complete 10-year history, free of survivor bias. Over the course of its history, more than 6,900 constituents have been included in DISC at one time or another. Salomon Smith Barney is a global, full-service investment banking and securities brokerage firm.