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Market Classification 2017 »

MSCI Inc. has announced that beginning in June 2018, it will include China A shares in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

Among the reasons that value firms sell at a discount to their intrinsic worth is that they tend to be more sensitive to shocks in gross domestic product compared with their growth counterparts.

The SEC’s new liquidity risk rules: Now comes the challenge »

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new liquidity rules mark the most ambitious ever initiative against investor dilution — the unfair costs an investor may suffer when assets are not liquid enough to meet redemption requests.

Integrating ESG into Factor Portfolios »

Over the past decade, many long-term institutional investors have incorporated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations into their portfolios, by creating segregated ESG mandates or by incorporating ESG criteria across the entire portfolio.

How low interest rates may impact your portfolio »

Slow growth and a shortage of safe assets have led major central banks to maintain monetary policies that include short-term interest rates near or below zero.

ESG Ratings Methodology - Executive Summary »

From natural resource scarcity to changing governance standards, from global workforce management to the evolving regulatory landscape, ESG factors can impact the long-term risk and return profile of investment portfolios.

Factor Investing and ESG Integration »

Integrating ESG criteria into equity portfolios raises important portfolio construction questions. For example, what is the impact of ESG on portfolio performance and characteristics? How does it alter the risk profile and the factor exposures of portfolios?

Scenarios, Stress Tests and Strategies for Second Quarter 2016 - The Rise of Populism »

The decision by a majority of U.K. voters to leave the European Union shines a light on fissures between perceived winners and losers from globalized markets and highlights for investors the importance of factoring the consequences of inequality and popular discontent into their views.

MSCI AGR Issue Brief - Global Pension Underfunding Concerns

There has been much written about a brewing crisis for both private and public pensions funds due to the gap between pension obligations and the resources set aside to fund them.

Real Estate Market Size 2015

MSCI began systematically estimating the size of professionally managed real estate investment markets in 2004. These estimates are fundamental to the creation of the IPD® Global Annual Property Index and a range of other multinational indexes and benchmarks, and they provide insights into the coverage of MSCI’s direct property indexes.

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