István Varga-Haszonits is an Executive Director in the Multi-Asset Class General Pricing Research team. He focuses on the pricing and risk modelling of various asset classes across MSCI analytics. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley, where he developed fixed-income analytics and interest-rate curve calibration libraries. Istvan has a Ph.D. in Statistical Physics from Eötvös Loránd University. He also has a master’s degree in Financial Risk Management from Corvinus University of Budapest.