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MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) is a provider of research-based data, analytics and indexes for the global investment community, and its news flow reflects this role in financial markets. Company announcements highlight how MSCI connects participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language, using research, data and index methodologies to help clients understand risks and opportunities and make more informed decisions.
News about MSCI often covers developments in its index business, such as index reviews and the launch of new benchmarks. For example, the company has reported results of periodic index reviews for the MSCI Equity Indexes, detailing additions and deletions across global standard, small cap, investable market and frontier markets indexes. MSCI has also announced new index offerings, including the MSCI All Country Public + Private Equity Index, which integrates public equity indexes with a modelled view of private equity based on a proprietary dataset of fund cash flows and valuations.
Another recurring theme in MSCI news is its partnerships and licensing arrangements with exchanges and trading venues. Intercontinental Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange have announced agreements with MSCI for the listing of options and the trading of futures on key MSCI benchmarks such as the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, MSCI EAFE Index, MSCI ACWI Index, MSCI World Index and MSCI USA Index. These updates are relevant for investors who use derivatives linked to MSCI indexes for risk management or exposure.
Investors following MSCI news will also see items on earnings releases, investor presentations, corporate responsibility presentations, leadership changes, debt offerings and credit facilities. Together, these updates provide insight into MSCI’s financial performance, capital structure, governance and product evolution. Tracking MSCI news can help market participants understand changes in its index families, analytics offerings and sustainability and climate products, as well as how these developments may affect benchmarks and tools used across portfolios.
MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) announced management will participate in two investor conferences in May 2026.
Alvise Munari, Chief Product Officer and Head of Client Segments, will speak at Barclays Annual Americas Select Conference on May 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM UK Time. Andy Wiechmann, Chief Financial Officer, will speak at Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference on May 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM ET. A live webcast and replay will be available on MSCI's investor relations events page.
MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) reported strong Q1 2026 results: operating revenues $850.8M (+14.1%), net income $406.0M (+40.7%), diluted EPS $5.53 (+49.1%) and adjusted EBITDA $504.7M (+18.6%).
The company repurchased $464M (835,591 shares) through April 20, 2026, paid ~$150M in dividends, and declared a $2.05 quarterly dividend. Full-year 2026 guidance was reiterated.
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ICE) celebrates 50 years of NYSE Arca Options, marked April 10, 2026 by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie ringing the Closing Bell.
NYSE Arca Options, tracing roots to the Pacific Stock Exchange (1976), leads multi-listed electronic volume since 2021, expanded listings with MSCI, and recorded platform peaks after migrating to NYSE Pillar in 2022.
MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) has acquired PM Insights, a private markets data and analytics specialist that provides daily secondary-market pricing, valuation, transaction and liquidity reference data.
PM Insights aggregates proprietary data covering an estimated >USD 5.5 trillion in private company equity market value as of April 2026. MSCI said the deal advances its private markets capabilities; terms were not disclosed and the financial impact is not expected to be material.
MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) announced its 2026 quarterly earnings release dates and corresponding conference calls.
Q1 2026: April 21, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET; Q2 2026: July 21, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET; Q3 2026: October 20, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET; Q4 2026: January 26, 2027 at 11:00 a.m. ET. Webcasts and archived replays will be available on MSCI’s investor relations events page.
MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) will reclassify the MSCI Greece Indexes from Emerging Market to Developed Market status, effective at the May 2027 Index Review. The decision follows a Jan 26, 2026 consultation in which the majority of global participants supported the proposal; implementation will occur in one step across all MSCI indexes.
Greece will be folded into the Developed Europe index construction process and MSCI will publish simulated Europe index snapshots ahead of the May 2027 reclassification.
Syntax Data partnered with MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) to add MSCI ADR indexes to the Syntax Direct platform, enabling advisers to build customized international portfolios using U.S.-listed ADRs. The collaboration expands access to MSCI ADR index universes covering roughly 90% of global markets.
This integration targets independent RIAs, offering benchmark universes such as MSCI ACWI ADR, MSCI World ADR, MSCI EM ADR, and others for direct-to-index strategy creation.
MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) acquired Compass Financial Technologies to expand index calculation capabilities across multi-asset and alternative classes, including commodities and cryptocurrencies. The deal enables creation and customization of complex indexes that integrate equities, fixed income, commodities, digital assets, currencies and derivatives.
The transaction complements MSCI’s 2024 Foxberry acquisition, will fold Compass into MSCI’s Index reportable segment, and is not expected to have a material financial impact; terms were not disclosed.
MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) announced that Luke Flemmer, Head of Private Assets, will speak in a fireside chat at the RBC Capital Markets Global Financial Institutions Conference on March 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM ET.
A live webcast and replay will be available on MSCI's Investor Relations Events and Presentations page.
MSCI (NYSE: MSCI) announced results of its February 2026 Index Review, effective at the close of February 27, 2026. Key moves: 63 additions and 61 deletions to the MSCI ACWI Index; 204 additions and 134 deletions to ACWI Small Cap; 206 additions and 134 deletions to ACWI IMI.
Other changes include 143 additions and 41 deletions to the MSCI World All Cap Index, six additions and six deletions to the MSCI Frontier Markets Index, and selective additions in Emerging Markets and World indexes. MSCI will not implement changes for securities classified in Bangladesh due to market accessibility issues.