PRESS RELEASEMSCI strengthens private markets leadership withlaunch of 130 indexes
MSCI Private Capital Indexes leverage MSCI’s independence and expertise in setting quality
standards
NEW YORK – July 22, 2024 – MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support
tools and services for the global investment community, today announced the launch of MSCI Private
Capital Indexes (“Indexes”), advancing the firm’s commitment to fostering transparency andinnovation across the global private markets landscape.
With growing investor interest in private markets, high quality data and consistent performancemeasurement of private capital funds and portfolios are crucial to providing clarity for investment
decisions. The MSCI Private Capital Indexes meet these investor needs, building upon MSCI’s
independence and expertise in driving transparency and introducing robust data and solutions acrossasset classes.
The Indexes, constructed from a broad universe of private capital funds with over $11 trillion incapitalization, leverage MSCI's transparent methodologies and reputation for rigorously verified data.
Encompassing private equity, private credit, private real estate, private infrastructure, and private
natural resources, these 130 Indexes complement MSCI’s over 80 existing real asset fund andproperty indexes providing investors with a comprehensive view of global private markets and the fullrisk spectrum of private real asset investing. Coupled with MSCI's suite of equity and fixed-incomeindexes, these private capital indexes offer a multi-asset perspective for investors across theirportfolios.
Institutional investors can leverage these Indexes to meet their unique investment mandates andachieve long-term financial goals, while detailed insights from these Indexes can enable strategic
asset allocation for asset owners.
Henry Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of MSCI, said: “Investors need tools that will help them cut
through the complexity of private markets and take advantage of new investment opportunities. Our
private capital indexes allow investors to gain clarity across their investments through high quality
validated data and industry leading index construction.”With over 50 years of research and expertise as a leader in the index industry, MSCI also offers
advanced custom benchmarking solutions to support asset allocation analysis, detailed performance
reporting, and robust risk management for investors’ unique investment strategies and objectives.
-EndsAbout MSCI Inc.
MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investmentcommunity. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power betterinvestment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return andconfidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions thatclients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process. To learn more,
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