# MSCI Inc.

> MSCI Inc. builds the indexes, risk models, ESG and climate ratings, and private-markets data that institutional investors use to decide where the world's money goes. Spun out of Morgan Stanley and public since 2007, it runs a high-margin subscription business layered on top of the fees it earns whenever a fund licenses one of its benchmarks - roughly $6.4 trillion in assets track MSCI indexes.

- **Founded:** 1969
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Capital Group (Capital International) (Originator of the international indexes (1969)), Morgan Stanley (Parent that created the MSCI brand (1986) and spun it off (2007))
- **Team size:** ~6,400 employees
- **Products:** MSCI Indexes, Barra Factor & Risk Models, RiskMetrics / Analytics, MSCI ESG & Climate, Real Assets
- **Notable:** Built MSCI World and MSCI EAFE (1986), among the most widely referenced global equity benchmarks., Grew from a Morgan Stanley business unit into an independent S&P 500 company after its 2007 IPO., Crossed $3.1B in annual revenue in FY2025 with roughly 95%+ recurring revenue.

## Products & services

- **MSCI Indexes** — Global equity and multi-asset benchmarks including MSCI World, EAFE, ACWI and Emerging Markets, licensed to ETFs and funds; roughly $6.4T in assets are benchmarked to them.
- **Barra Factor & Risk Models** — Multi-factor models for portfolio construction, risk decomposition and performance attribution across asset classes.
- **RiskMetrics / Analytics** — Market, credit and liquidity risk analytics, value-at-risk and stress testing used by banks and asset managers.
- **MSCI ESG & Climate** — ESG ratings and research plus climate tools such as Climate Value-at-Risk and carbon and net-zero analytics.
- **Real Assets** — Commercial real estate data, indexes and benchmarks anchored by the Real Capital Analytics acquisition.
- **Private Capital Solutions** — Private equity, private credit and private-markets data and analytics built on the Burgiss platform, covering thousands of funds.

## Achievements

- Built MSCI World and MSCI EAFE (1986), among the most widely referenced global equity benchmarks.
- Grew from a Morgan Stanley business unit into an independent S&P 500 company after its 2007 IPO.
- Crossed $3.1B in annual revenue in FY2025 with roughly 95%+ recurring revenue.
- Assembled a full-stack data platform through acquisitions of Barra, RiskMetrics, Carbon Delta, RCA and Burgiss.
- Roughly $6.4T in assets benchmarked to MSCI indexes worldwide.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Reported Q2 2026 revenue of about $867M with double-digit organic growth, beating estimates even as shares slipped.
- **2026-02** — Launched Index AI Insights, an AI research tool adopted by more than 1,000 clients.
- **2026-01** — Reported full-year 2025 revenue of $3.13B, up nearly 10%, with strong growth in asset-based fees.
- **2025-01** — Continued private-markets expansion, adding AI-native and private-asset capabilities including Vantager and Compass Financial Technologies.

## Links

- Website: https://www.msci.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/msci-inc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MSCI_Inc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/msciinc/videos

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Last updated: 2026-08-13