MSCI

MSCI Barra(MSCI)是提供股票、定息債券、對衝基金、REIT 和多資產類別等指數和相關產品及服務，MSCI是根據公司市值、平均成交量以及在外流通的股市決定指數成員，也考慮公司在指數中的產業與國家代表性。

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MXB), trading as MSCI Barra, is a leading provider of investment decision support tools to investment institutions worldwide. MSCI Barra products include indices and portfolio risk and performance analytics for use in managing equity, fixed income and multi-asset class portfolios. In 2004 Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) acquired Barra, Inc., to form MSCI Barra. The company is headquartered in New York City, with operations in Geneva, London, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Paris, Tokyo, São Paulo, Dubai, Sydney, Frankfurt, Milan, Berkeley and San Francisco.

Morgan Stanley is the majority shareholder of MSCI Barra, and The Capital Group Companies is a minority shareholder.

The MSCI international and global equity indices have been calculated since 1970. The company's most known indices include MSCI World and MSCI EAFE. MSCI indices are widely used as the benchmark indices by which the performance of international equity portfolios are measured. They are also used as the basis of passive investment products like index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Morgan Stanley sponsored the first iShares ETFs, known at launch as WEBS, which are designed to track various MSCI indices. [2]

In mid-2007, parent company Morgan Stanley announced plans to divest from, and potentially spin-off, MSCI.[3] This was followed by an initial public offering of a minority of stock in November 2007. [4]