GIFT City & Global Investing · intermediate
International Investing — A Closer Look
What the main global equity indices cover, how developed and emerging markets differ, and how the fund-of-funds, LRS and GIFT IFSC routes compare on ownership, cost, tax, paperwork and limits.
- 01Global Equity Indices — What MSCI ACWI, World and Emerging Markets CoverA global equity index is a rule-based basket of shares used to measure markets. This lesson explains what three widely used MSCI indices cover, how their weights are set, and why a broad-sounding index can still be dominated by one market.
- 02Developed and Emerging Markets — How They DifferIndex providers sort the world's stock markets into groups, chiefly developed and emerging. This lesson explains where India sits, what the MSCI Emerging Markets Index held on 30 September 2026, and what its country weights show about concentration and change.
- 03Fund-of-Funds, LRS and GIFT IFSC — Costs, Tax and Paperwork ComparedThis lesson compares the three routes abroad, an Indian fund-of-funds, direct investment under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme and products in the GIFT IFSC, on ownership, cost, tax, paperwork, limits and exposure to US estate tax.