Transcript New Sustainability Sales Deck

MSCI branded products
include the MSCI Global
Equity Indices and the
MSCI ESG Indices and
Research products. Widely
used by institutional
investors to benchmark
fund performance and
construct portfolios, the
MSCI Global Equity
Indices are the most widely
adopted benchmarks for
cross border equity funds.
Barra equity and multiasset class portfolio
analytics products
help asset managers and
owners measure, manage,
and report risk across
multiple portfolios. Robust
analytics are powered by
the range of Barra equity,
fixed income, derivative
and alternative investment
risk and return attribution
models.
RiskMetrics multi-asset,
position-based risk and
wealth management
products and services
enable clients in the global
financial markets to
measure and quantify
portfolio risk across
security types, geographies
and markets. RiskMetrics
is well known for its Value
at Risk methodologies, as
well as being a leading
provider of credit and
counterparty risk systems.
FEA energy and
commodity asset valuation
products offer a variety of
quantitative analytics tools
for valuing and modeling
physical assets and
derivatives across a
number of market
segments . They are used
by institutional clients
including energy firms,
money center banks,
Fortune 500 companies,
trading enterprises, and
leading financial firms.
ISS governance research,
data and outsourced proxy
voting and reporting
services enable
institutional investors and
corporations around the
world to make more
informed investment
decisions for the benefit of
shareholders.
CFRA is a global leader in
forensic accounting risk
research, legal/regulatory
risk assessment, duediligence, and educational
services. CFRA’s team of
research analysts provides
investors with timely,
impactful, and independent
analysis.
INVESTORS
(Pension funds, Asset Managers, Socially
Responsible Investors, Hedge funds)
•Rating “AAA”or “C”
•ESG Indexes
•Reputational Risk Scores
MSCI ESG Manager
Corporate
sustainability and
annual reports
ESG data from
peers and
competitors
News and
controversies sector and company
specific (Bloomberg,
Reuters)
Legal (Lexis
Nexis)and
government
databases (TRI)
CORPORATE ISSUERS
(Board, Legal, Sustainability, IR, Compliance)
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ESG Manager, a product of MSCI made available to corporate issuers through ISS
Corporate Services (ICS), is a research and analytics platform designed to help
investors and companies analyze and manage environmental, social and governance
factors.
View how your company is rated on environment and sustainability practices
Compare your company’s ESG rating to industry sector peers
Determine how ESG factors impact reputational risk
Learn how your company might be screened in and out of certain indices and funds
based on your ESG performance
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“I want to see if I am considered
a best in class company selected
by investors to mitigate financial
ESG risk”
“I want to see what investors
think of my reputational risk”
“I want to see if my business
activities are raising flags on
ethics with investors”
MSCI Inc. © 2012
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