Thematic IndexesWho are our data partners
In order to develop a wide range of offerings, MSCI recognizes that new thematic indexes require cutting-edge data as inputs to drive value creating and understanding of risk. To complement our in-house research, we work with a range of carefully chosen leading FinTech partners to leverage their data. This enables us to stay at forefront of innovation and breadth of offering to our clients.
QuantCube analyses billions of alternative data points in real time, using artificial intelligence and big data analytics to deliver insights ahead of the market - giving users an edge in their investment strategies. QuantCube's diverse international team comprises economists, quant analysts and data scientists with expertise in multilingual NLP, deep learning and machine learning techniques.
By combining and analysing alternative data sources QuantCube pinpoints market turning points and regime change in advance of consensus and official data. The fast identification of inflexion points, based on real-time market intelligence, enables investors to take more informed decisions on their investment strategies across asset classes.
QuantCube provides MSCI with real-time indicators for economic growth and inflation for multiple countries / regions. MSCI uses these inputs to create rotation indexes based on macroeconomic rationale.
MKT MediaStats is an AI platform that transforms millions of unstructured media and behavioral data points to actionable insights driving better investment and operational decisions, enabling portfolio managers, risk professionals, strategists, political analysts, and financial-product marketers to improve performance.
Developed through exceptional collaboration between world renowned financial economists, computer and data scientists, MediaStats continuously scans massive amounts of data from millions of media and behavioral channels to contextually identify emerging financial economic narratives and evaluate their impacts on financial assets, the global economy, geopolitics and thousands of other investment, risk and operational metrics.
MKT MediaStats provides stock-level indicators for applicable individual securities that estimate stock-level sensitivity to inflation that MSCI uses as inputs for inflation sensitive indexes. Additionally, MKT provides index-level indicators for applicable MSCI thematic indexes that estimate index-level positive attention / intensity in the media that MSCI uses as input in thematic rotation indexes.
Thematic investingFind out more about our partners.
Thematic Investing
A top-down investment framework, designed to capitalize on opportunities created by macroeconomic, geopolitical and technological trends that are both structural and transformative in nature.
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Thematic Investing requires in-depth research to build a deeper understanding of the underlying drivers of value creation and risk.