Technology and DataPowering better portfolios through innovation
Innovation that drives clarity
Technology is the engine that powers MSCI’s research, data, models and analytics. For more than 50 years, we have helped investors understand risk and return. This foundation enables us to collect, compute and deliver insights across asset classes accurately and at scale, so clients can tackle the complex challenges of today’s global market.
Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors. They help clients understand risk and opportunity, make better decisions and innovate with confidence.
Our proprietary datasets, methodologies and technology enable us to connect and analyze information across asset classes at scale. They help clients assess risk, measure market performance, understand private assets and navigate sustainability and climate challenges.
MSCI Research combines deep research expertise with new technologies to develop advanced models and data. By collaborating with clients, we deliver scalable solutions, through our research, data and technology capabilities, empowering clients to drive investment outcomes.
Data by the numbers
MSCI supports clients' complex, integrated workflows with flexible, scalable solutions. Our vast index calculations and datasets, spanning decades of historical data across equities, factors, fixed income, private assets and sustainability, are relied upon by investors worldwide. Additionally, our private and public assets coverage includes extensive datasets representing trillions in cumulative investments.
5.7B+
Weekly average positions processed in analytics1,3
1,000+
Data products
18M+
Securities maintained daily1,2
290K+
Indexes calculated daily
1,900+
APIs across all product lines1
500+
Data vendors1
70+
Third-party distribution partners1
1,300B+
Daily instrument pricings1
Transformation in practice
AI at MSCI
Discover how MSCI's AI solutions help investors surface deeper insights from verified data, proven methodologies and decades of expertise.
MSCI ONE
Bring MSCI's data, analytics and models together on our AI-enabled, cloud-based platform, with dashboards and visualizations that help you move from data to decision faster.
MSCI Connector
Bring MSCI into your AI workflows through one gateway, working across Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and MSCI ONE.
Research spotlight
Markets in Focus: A Crowded Trade Unwinds, but the AI Growth Story Does Not
AI's five-week sell-off hit hardware and data centers hardest, yet sales are outgrowing capex. A value-chain view shows a positioning unwind, not a verdict on AI growth.
Mapping AI Exposure Across Global Markets
AI's geography is more distributed than headlines suggest — we map which economies lead each layer of the value chain and what that means for global equity investors.
Power, Permits and Pushback: The Risks Facing US Data-Center Growth
Power is only one hurdle for U.S. data centers. See how energy constraints, water stress and regulatory pushback could reshape development risks for investors.
Sustainability Indexes in Focus: Where the AI Trade Left Each Index
Sustainability indexes didn't miss the AI trade — semiconductor exposure provided broad participation, while hardware and software exposures drove performance differences.
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1 As of December 2025.
2 Number of securities covered includes derivatives, options and warrants, of which volumes fluctuate as these derivatives mature and are issued.
3 Represents average number of Analytics client positions processed in rolling 7-day period.