MSCI Inc.

The MSCI Inc. is an American financial services company specializing in investment research, stock market indices, portfolio analytics, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings, and risk management solutions. Headquartered in New York City, the company traces its origins to the Capital International Indices, developed during the late 1960s by Capital Group. Morgan Stanley acquired the licensing rights to these indices in 1986, leading to the creation of Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI). In 2007, MSCI became an independent publicly traded company following its spin-off from Morgan Stanley. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MSCI and is a constituent of the S&P 500.

MSCI is best known for developing and maintaining benchmark indices that measure the performance of equity markets across developed, emerging, and frontier economies. Its best-known products include the MSCI World Index, MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), MSCI Emerging Markets Index, MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, and Far East), and numerous country, regional, sectoral, thematic, factor, and fixed-income indices. The company generally employs free-float market capitalization weighting and transparent, rules-based methodologies to ensure that its benchmarks accurately represent investable markets. MSCI indices serve as the basis for trillions of U.S. dollars in assets managed through exchange-traded funds (ETFs), index mutual funds, institutional mandates, and derivative products.

Beyond index services, MSCI provides a comprehensive suite of investment decision-support tools through its analytics, risk management, and sustainability businesses. Its offerings include portfolio construction and optimization, performance attribution, multi-asset risk modeling, climate risk analysis, private asset data, real estate analytics, and ESG ratings and research. The company's ESG and climate products are widely used by institutional investors, asset managers, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, regulators, and corporations to assess sustainability-related risks, support responsible investment strategies, and comply with evolving disclosure requirements.

MSCI serves clients in more than 100 countries and is regarded as one of the world's leading providers of investment intelligence and benchmark indices. Its products are extensively used by asset managers, banks, insurers, wealth managers, and financial advisers for asset allocation, portfolio benchmarking, passive investment, and risk management. Together with organizations such as S&P Global, FTSE Russell, Bloomberg L.P., Moody's, and the London Stock Exchange Group, MSCI forms a key component of the global financial markets infrastructure by providing standardized benchmarks, investment analytics, and market intelligence for international capital markets.