MSCI Inc. is an American company that strives to bring greater transparency to financial markets by enabling the investment community with support tools for better critical decision making. It is located worldwide in over 30 locations, with the majority of its branches existing in North America, Europe, and Asia.

With over 50 years of experience in research, data, and technology, MSCI Inc. can power better investment decisions through relentless innovation, flexible technology, actionable solutions, and differentiated content. The company allows its clients to comprehensively analyse their investment strategies by using MSCI content, applications, and services across its six major solution categories – Indexes, Analytics, ESG Investing, Factor Investing, Real Estate Investing, and MSCI Beon.

Since its founding, MSCI Inc. has been able to create the globally recognised and applicable MSCI Index. It also formed various frameworks and methodologies to enhance the evaluation of data and implementation of investment and portfolio solutions. One example is MSCI FaCS. This framework is a classification standard and framework covering a broad spectrum of style factors, including equities, fixed income, and multi-asset classes, to better help investors understand the drivers of risk and return within their portfolios.

In terms of diversity and inclusion, as of December 2020, women represented 33% of MSCI’s total employees, and people of colour accounted for 42% of U.S. employees. They have also shown a commitment to women, ethnic minorities, and the LGBT+ community through activities such as partnering with Rare Recruitment and 100 Black Interns, being nominated for DCIIA Diversity and Inclusion Awards in 2020, and becoming the 76^th member of Out Leadership, a global coalition aiming for LGBT+ equality.

Powering better investment decisions for a better world.

Primary source of funding are cash flows generated from operations, existing cash and cash equivalents, and credit capacity under existing credit facilities.

2020 Annual Report: https://www.msci.com/documents/1296102/23900744/2020+Annual+Report.pdf