MSCI ESG analytics

MSCI’s award-winning ESG research, data1 and indexes are available on our analytics systems. Our analytics clients can integrate MSCI ESG Ratings and MSCI Indexes into their security selection and portfolio construction processes, stress testing, and risk and performance attribution analysis. Key features of the MSCI ESG analytics toolkit include:
the ability to measure, monitor and manage ESG exposures on over 680,0002 equity and fixed income securities and over eight million active equity and bond derivatives
access to ESG Ratings of 8,500 companies3 (14,000 issuers including subsidiaries) across the full suite of MSCI risk management and portfolio construction tools to understand the most economically significant ESG risks to a company relative to its industry peers
access to MSCI’s suite of 1,5004 equity and fixed income ESG indexes for performance benchmarking, optimization and reporting
the addition of ESG in MSCI’s Barra European Equity Factor Model for direct attribution of risk and return in European markets
access to climate change assessment data for automated carbon footprinting of funds, indexes and portfolios;
optimization of portfolios to reduce carbon exposures while limiting tracking error
and the development of climate scenario analysis and stress tests
1 ESG research and data provided by MSCI ESG Research LLC. While MSCI ESG Indexes utilize MSCI ESG Ratings and data, they are not produced by MSCI ESG Research and are not intended to provide investment advice.
2, 3 As of June 2020
4 As of April 2020

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MSCI ESG Research LLC. is a Registered Investment Adviser under the Investment Adviser Act of 1940. The most recent SEC Form ADV filing, including Form ADV Part 2A, is available on the U.S. SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.

MIFID2/MIFIR notice: MSCI ESG Research LLC does not distribute or act as an intermediary for financial instruments or structured deposits, nor does it deal on its own account, provide execution services for others or manage client accounts. No MSCI ESG Research product or service supports, promotes or is intended to support or promote any such activity. MSCI ESG Research is an independent provider of ESG data, reports and ratings based on published methodologies and available to clients on a subscription basis. 

ESG ADV 2A
ESG ADV 2B (brochure supplement)

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