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Rimes Adds Former MSCI COO to Board
Rimes will leverage Brierwood's years of experience to support its strategic development.
LSEG Names Former MSCI Exec Corrado COO and CIO
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced the appointment of Chris Corrado as chief operating officer and chief information officer, effective today, Nov.11. He will be contributing to LSEG's mission to diversify its business and grow it…
FTSE Russell Canada Bets on Black
Black has previously held index and data sales roles at MSCI and TMX Group in Canada.
MSCI Debuts ESG Ratings Tool
The new tool combines a raft of new and expanded datasets for analysis of companies' environmental, social and governance risk.
LSE Hires Data Vets O'Shaughnessy, Rosenberg for Info Sales
New hires each bring 20 years of experience, and will strengthen the exchange's index business.
MSCI, Nigerian Exchange Ink Index Deal
US index provider MSCI has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to develop and co-brand a family of indexes for the Nigerian equity markets, which can be used as performance benchmarks and as the basis for index…
Xignite, MSCI Ally for Cloud-based Index Data Distribution
The deal represents the first time that MSCI index data will be available via Xignite's data cloud.
MSCI Taps Bradbury to Market Index Data to Australian ETF Industry
ETF veteran will promote MSCI's index data to ETF investors and participants in Australia.
MSCI Hires New VP for Australian ETF
Tim Bradbury joins index provider as VP for ETF client coverage.
CSOP Licenses Internet Index for New ETF
CSOP Asset Management licenses China and USA Internet Top 50 Equal Weighted Index for ETF
Malaysian AM Taps MSCI For Risk and Performance
Hong Leong to use a suite of the provider's products
MSCI Releases New Equity Analytics
Index provider MSCI has added seven new US and Asia specific models to its suite of Barra equity portfolio risk models, which factors in additional risk considerations called Systematic Equity Strategies, to help financial professionals to design and…
First State Super Selects BarraOne for Risk Management
MSCI has announced that Australian superannuation fund First State Super has selected its BarraOne risk management platform.
Black is the New Black for MSCI Canada
Index provider MSCI has hired Lindsay Black as vice president of its equity index business in Toronto, responsible for relationship management with local asset managers, broker-dealers and hedge funds.
SimCorp, MSCI Launch Interface for Data, Analytics
The new interface is intended to makes it easier for mutual clients to load SimCorp Dimension holdings into MSCI RiskManager and MSCI RiskManager risk analytics into SimCorp Dimension
Can Alternative Providers Disrupt Index Inertia?
Though there are almost a hundred mainstream index providers in the industry today, the market remains dominated by a small and elite group of providers—MSCI, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Russell Indexes and FTSE Group. With the industry clamoring for change…
2013 Review: Data Licenses Cause Friction Between Exchanges, Users
As exchange revenues from traditional activities such as trading continue to stagnate, more trading venues continued to increase market data fees and to change licensing policies to charge fees for datasets they previously made available at lower rates…
Morningstar Names Ewan Morningstar IM Europe MD
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar has hired Simon Ewan as managing director of Morningstar Investment Management Europe, the vendor's investment advisory and outsourced portfolio management division.
MSCI Names ex-UBS' Corrado CIO
Index provider MSCI has appointed Chris Corrado to the newly created position of chief information officer, responsible for ensuring the vendor provides "leading-edge products and services" that help clients achieve their business goals.
Mariner Trawls MSCI ESG Data for Alpha
New York-based alternative asset manager Mariner Investment Group is to use ESG (environmental, social and governance) ratings and portfolio analysis tools from MSCI ESG Research, to support the incorporation of ESG factors into Mariner's investment…