PRESS RELEASEMSCI Partners with Google Cloud to Build a
Secure Global Investment Data Platform in theCloud
New data platform will help MSCI process its structured and unstructured data
at scale by leveraging Google Cloud’s AI and advanced analytics capabilities
NEW YORK – January 25, 2023 – As part of its commitment to improving the client experiencethrough technology and relentless innovation, MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) today announced a strategic
alliance with Google Cloud to build a cloud-native investment data acquisition and development
platform, aimed at delivering data, insights, and solutions to power better and faster investment
decision making.
Built natively on Google Cloud, the investment data platform will help MSCI create solutions designed
to better serve its clients, including asset managers, asset owners, banks, corporates, insurers, andwealth managers. MSCI’s use of Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language
processing (NLP) technologies—and advanced analytics such as BigQuery, VertexAI, and Document
AI—aims to help MSCI acquire, ingest, and process structured and unstructured data at scale andmore quickly than ever before. By having consistent data, MSCI can more easily innovate its suite ofsolutions and unlock insights at speed.
Additionally, Google Cloud will provide MSCI with geospatial analytics tools, like Earth Engine andBigQuery Geospatial, to help quantify physical and transition climate risk metrics across securities,geographies, and markets. Integrating geospatial data into MSCI products and solutions is designed
to enable investors to model climate risks by location more accurately and efficiently, leading to more
informed analysis, forecasting, and decision-making.
“The investment industry is experiencing an exponential growth in data. In today’s fast-moving world,
investors require the ability to analyze new and alternative sources of data to remain competitive andinformed, assess evolving investment challenges and opportunities, separate the noise, and improve
operational efficiencies,” said Henry Fernandez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MSCI.
“This alliance will bolster MSCI’s world-class solutions, helping our clients quickly turn data into
relevant and actionable insights across asset classes and issues, such as climate risk. Google Cloudshares MSCI’s quest to advance data measurement and standardization, and we look forward toworking with them as we continue to help solve investors’ critical challenges,” he added.
“Google Cloud has a unique strategy for helping customers get insight from their data. We enable
customers to analyze structured and unstructured data in one system, and unify data lakes, data
warehouses, and machine learning into a single platform,” said Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud.
“Our collaboration with MSCI will enable it to build an intelligent, cloud-native data platform that will
improve the way its customers can make investment decisions.”PRESS RELEASE“We are pleased to join forces with Google Cloud to build a best-in-class AI and NLP-driven investment
data platform that will help our research team accelerate its ability to create analytical products thatpower the financial markets,” said Jigar Thakkar, Chief Technology Officer of MSCI. “Combined withour broader suite of technology initiatives, this marks another step toward our mission to help ourclients align their portfolios with their investment objectives through relevant data and advancedtechnology.”-Ends-

About MSCIMSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.
With over 50 years of expertise in research, data and technology, we power better investment decisions byenabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective
portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into andimprove transparency across the investment process. To learn more, please visit www.msci.com.

About Google CloudGoogle Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business. We deliver enterprisegrade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry.
Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enablegrowth and solve their most critical business problems.

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