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MSCI

The latest news, analysis and opinion on MSCI. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

Chairman / President

Henry A. Fernandez

CEO / Managing Director

Henry A. Fernandez

CFO / Finance Director

Andrew C. Wiechmann

Industry

Financial Services, Investment Research, Indexing

Website

msci.com

Headquarters address

7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007, United States

Stock Code

NYSE:MSCI

Year founded

1969

People walk across a bridge with a display showing the latest stock exchange and economic data in Shanghai, on November 28. Photo: EPA

Banking & finance

Macroscope | Why Wall Street remains bullish on China amid economic slowdown

Just because fund managers were too bearish on China doesn’t mean their concerns were misplaced – economic fundamentals matter.

26 Dec 2025 - 7:50AMvideocam

Asia housing and property

The View | After vitalising its property market, India must shore up its weaknesses

15 Dec 2025 - 5:43PM

Hong Kong property

‘Out of ICU’: Hong Kong’s quarterly real estate deals triple to US$4.9 billion

26 Nov 2025 - 8:51AM

International Property

Fed’s rate cut to fuel property investment globally, but Hong Kong faces hurdles

Lower rates will mildly boost commercial property transactions in Hong Kong, but oversupply is likely to pressure asset prices, analysts say.

22 Sep 2025 - 8:30AM

Commercial real estate transactions in Hong Kong fell 45 per cent to US$900 million in the April to June quarter, the lowest since the 2008 global financial crisis, according to MSCI. Photo: Eugene Lee

Singapore

Singapore’s Temasek mulls three-way split to boost returns

The potential reorganisation of Singapore’s state investor comes amid pressure to outperform global indices.

20 Aug 2025 - 7:31PM

Hong Kong property

The View | How closer mainland integration is lifting Hong Kong’s residential market

While the benefits are being felt in the housing sector, commercial property continues to suffer from much weaker fundamentals.

18 Aug 2025 - 4:30PMvideocam

Hong Kong stock market

De-dollarisation trend to continue, favouring Asian assets: Societe Generale

‘We acknowledge that US exceptionalism is diminishing and that de-dollarisation is under way,’ analysts say.

4 Jul 2025 - 2:53PM

The US dollar index dropped 11 per cent in the first six months, the worst start to a year since 1973. Photo: DPA

HKEX

Hong Kong’s all-male boards are all but gone as firms embrace diversity

More than 800 women have been added as directors since 2022, when 40 per cent of boards were male only, according to HKEX.

2 Jul 2025 - 8:30AM

Asia housing and property

The View | Don’t overhype the diverging fortunes of Chinese and Indian real estate

India’s property sector is booming, but China’s plays a more important role in Asia and is supported by better fundamentals.

30 Jun 2025 - 5:22PMvideocam

Middle East

Israel and Iran unleash more strikes, deepening Middle East crisis

Israel targets Iran’s Defence Ministry headquarters; Tehran launches deadly missile strikes.

15 Jun 2025 - 7:49PM

Israeli security forces inspect a destroyed building that was hit by a missile fired from Iran, near Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo: AP

Banking & finance

UBS upbeat on China stocks, citing tariff pause and possible Beijing stimulus

Swiss bank also cites low valuations for Chinese equities as investors diversify away from US assets.

2 Jun 2025 - 9:30AM

Banking & finance

The View | What Asian currency rallies mean for the region’s property markets

While currency appreciation may provide relief for property investors, economies reliant on trade and tourism should proceed with caution.

19 May 2025 - 5:34PM

Hong Kong stock market

Women hold 1 in 5 board seats in Hong Kong for first time: report

Significant disparities remain in senior-management representation and pay equity, reports show.

5 Mar 2025 - 7:30AM

China stock market

UBS predicts 10% MSCI China Index rise on profit growth, buy-backs

The call makes UBS an outlier among the global investment community, as most investment banks and asset-management firms are bearish on Chinese stocks.

2 Sep 2024 - 4:35PM

The MSCI China Index has risen 2 per cent this year, erasing most of the gains from earlier this year. Photo: Shutterstock

China stock market

MSCI China ejects 60 Chinese stocks as global investors turn to India

MSCI continues its cull of Chinese equities from its global benchmarks, having withdrawn a total of 122 stocks in its previous two reviews in February and May.

13 Aug 2024 - 5:00PM

Global index compiler MSCI has removed close to 200 Chinese stocks from its gauges this year amid depressed sentiment prevailing on China’s stock market. Photo: Bloomberg

Banking & finance

China-Middle East investment links an ‘untapped world’: MSCI director

Two regions can revitalise historical connections through financial collaboration, but more understanding is needed, says a director with index provider MSCI.

13 May 2024 - 9:55AM

US-China relations

Xi-Biden call, electric ‘beng bengs’: 7 US-China reads you may have missed

Struggling US-China ties, a human rights shock and a student in big trouble: these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from April 2024.

31 May 2024 - 8:43AM

Banking & finance

MSCI cuts dozens of Chinese stocks from global indices, raises India’s weightage

MSCI has cut dozens of Chinese stocks from its global benchmark indices in its February review. It added five stocks from India, which has the second-highest weightage in the MSCI Global Standard index, after China.

14 Feb 2024 - 8:47AM

An attendee tries a virtual reality headset during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Photo: Bloomberg

Hong Kong stock market

HKEX sees derivatives, ETF trading rise to offset slump in IPO, stock market

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), which runs Asia’s third-largest stock market, reported strong growth in derivatives trading despite a big fall in new listings, in an indication that the bourse operator has successfully diversified its business model.

20 Dec 2023 - 8:30PMvideocam

China stock market

MSCI adjusts China indices as investors flock to undervalued SOEs

Index compiler MSCI has revised its China stock gauges to better track the country’s public companies at a time when local investors are flocking to undervalued SOEs, but analysts say non-state-owned firms were also worth looking at.

12 May 2023 - 6:03PM

Banking & finance

Chinese banks lead US peers on climate risks analysis, but must do more: MSCI

Just two of the 25 Chinese banks among the banking constituents of the MSCI ACWI global equity index had published analysis on the importance of climate risks to their operations as of October 30 last year.

12 Jan 2023 - 8:32PMvideocam

A man carries a kite in the shape of the Chinese national flag in Shanghai. None of the Chinese banks that are part of the MSCI ACWI global equity index have carried out analysis of climate scenarios, to estimate the financial impact of various degrees of global warming. Photo: Bloomberg

China stock market

Morgan Stanley lifts MSCI China target on robust cyclical recovery possibility

The alignment of economic, regulatory and Covid policies for the first time in four years is likely to result in stronger stock market recovery, according to a Morgan Stanley report.

10 Jan 2023 - 2:32PM

Morgan Stanley has lifted the target for the MSCI China Index, a major benchmark for Chinese offshore stocks, by 14 per cent this year. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Banking & finance

Macroscope | For markets in 2023, much hinges on how quickly inflation recedes

Inflation is cooling but remains above central banks’ targets, which suggests room for interest rates to rise further, putting pressure on markets amid a global slump.

6 Jan 2023 - 11:05PM

India

Macroscope | Are the stars aligning for India’s economy to shine?

At a time when much of the world is expected to fall into recession, domestic and external forces are helping to transform and lift India’s economy. The big question, however, is whether India, long touted as the next China, is resilient and reform-minded enough to continue on its upward trajectory.

13 Oct 2022 - 11:06PMvideocam

Business of climate change

Only 11 per cent of listed firms globally on track for key climate goal

Listed companies globally are putting greenhouse-gas emissions into the atmosphere at a rate that would warm the planet by 2.9 degrees Celsius, far above a crucial 1.5-degree target, according to MSCI.

30 Jun 2022 - 3:30PMvideocam

Wind turbines in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China, pictured on October 27, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE

China stock market

Exclusive | ‘Father of emerging markets’ says Chinese stocks have reached bottom

Investors should resist the temptation of using index funds – ones that invest according to the weightings of an index – to return to the market, warns Mark Mobius.

19 Apr 2022 - 9:25PMvideocam

China’s stock market is likely to have reached the bottom, according to Mark Mobius, dubbed the ‘father of emerging markets’. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Russia

Russia isolated as FTSE Russell, MSCI eject bonds, stocks from indices

Russian stocks and government bonds are being shunned for compliance and ethical reasons while index compilers move to delete them from emerging-market benchmarks.

9 Mar 2022 - 12:52PMvideocam

Hong Kong stock market

Temasek cuts Alibaba, adds JD, Pinduoduo amid Chinese stock slump

Singapore’s state investment firm tweaked portfolio as steep losses persisted into the final quarter of 2021 following an unprecedented crackdown on internet-platform companies.

15 Feb 2022 - 6:00PMvideocam

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.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Macroscope | Why Wall Street remains bullish on China amid economic slowdown

Just because fund managers were too bearish on China doesn’t mean their concerns were misplaced – economic fundamentals matter.

The View | After vitalising its property market, India must shore up its weaknesses

‘Out of ICU’: Hong Kong’s quarterly real estate deals triple to US$4.9 billion

Fed’s rate cut to fuel property investment globally, but Hong Kong faces hurdles

Lower rates will mildly boost commercial property transactions in Hong Kong, but oversupply is likely to pressure asset prices, analysts say.

Singapore’s Temasek mulls three-way split to boost returns

The potential reorganisation of Singapore’s state investor comes amid pressure to outperform global indices.

The View | How closer mainland integration is lifting Hong Kong’s residential market

While the benefits are being felt in the housing sector, commercial property continues to suffer from much weaker fundamentals.

De-dollarisation trend to continue, favouring Asian assets: Societe Generale

‘We acknowledge that US exceptionalism is diminishing and that de-dollarisation is under way,’ analysts say.

Hong Kong’s all-male boards are all but gone as firms embrace diversity

More than 800 women have been added as directors since 2022, when 40 per cent of boards were male only, according to HKEX.

The View | Don’t overhype the diverging fortunes of Chinese and Indian real estate

India’s property sector is booming, but China’s plays a more important role in Asia and is supported by better fundamentals.

Israel and Iran unleash more strikes, deepening Middle East crisis

Israel targets Iran’s Defence Ministry headquarters; Tehran launches deadly missile strikes.

UBS upbeat on China stocks, citing tariff pause and possible Beijing stimulus

Swiss bank also cites low valuations for Chinese equities as investors diversify away from US assets.

The View | What Asian currency rallies mean for the region’s property markets

While currency appreciation may provide relief for property investors, economies reliant on trade and tourism should proceed with caution.

Women hold 1 in 5 board seats in Hong Kong for first time: report

Significant disparities remain in senior-management representation and pay equity, reports show.

UBS predicts 10% MSCI China Index rise on profit growth, buy-backs

The call makes UBS an outlier among the global investment community, as most investment banks and asset-management firms are bearish on Chinese stocks.

MSCI China ejects 60 Chinese stocks as global investors turn to India

MSCI continues its cull of Chinese equities from its global benchmarks, having withdrawn a total of 122 stocks in its previous two reviews in February and May.

China-Middle East investment links an ‘untapped world’: MSCI director

Two regions can revitalise historical connections through financial collaboration, but more understanding is needed, says a director with index provider MSCI.

Xi-Biden call, electric ‘beng bengs’: 7 US-China reads you may have missed

Struggling US-China ties, a human rights shock and a student in big trouble: these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from April 2024.

MSCI cuts dozens of Chinese stocks from global indices, raises India’s weightage

MSCI has cut dozens of Chinese stocks from its global benchmark indices in its February review. It added five stocks from India, which has the second-highest weightage in the MSCI Global Standard index, after China.

HKEX sees derivatives, ETF trading rise to offset slump in IPO, stock market

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), which runs Asia’s third-largest stock market, reported strong growth in derivatives trading despite a big fall in new listings, in an indication that the bourse operator has successfully diversified its business model.

MSCI adjusts China indices as investors flock to undervalued SOEs

Index compiler MSCI has revised its China stock gauges to better track the country’s public companies at a time when local investors are flocking to undervalued SOEs, but analysts say non-state-owned firms were also worth looking at.

Chinese banks lead US peers on climate risks analysis, but must do more: MSCI

Just two of the 25 Chinese banks among the banking constituents of the MSCI ACWI global equity index had published analysis on the importance of climate risks to their operations as of October 30 last year.

Morgan Stanley lifts MSCI China target on robust cyclical recovery possibility

The alignment of economic, regulatory and Covid policies for the first time in four years is likely to result in stronger stock market recovery, according to a Morgan Stanley report.

Macroscope | For markets in 2023, much hinges on how quickly inflation recedes

Inflation is cooling but remains above central banks’ targets, which suggests room for interest rates to rise further, putting pressure on markets amid a global slump.

Macroscope | Are the stars aligning for India’s economy to shine?

Only 11 per cent of listed firms globally on track for key climate goal

Listed companies globally are putting greenhouse-gas emissions into the atmosphere at a rate that would warm the planet by 2.9 degrees Celsius, far above a crucial 1.5-degree target, according to MSCI.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Exclusive | ‘Father of emerging markets’ says Chinese stocks have reached bottom

Investors should resist the temptation of using index funds – ones that invest according to the weightings of an index – to return to the market, warns Mark Mobius.

Russia isolated as FTSE Russell, MSCI eject bonds, stocks from indices

Russian stocks and government bonds are being shunned for compliance and ethical reasons while index compilers move to delete them from emerging-market benchmarks.

Temasek cuts Alibaba, adds JD, Pinduoduo amid Chinese stock slump

Singapore’s state investment firm tweaked portfolio as steep losses persisted into the final quarter of 2021 following an unprecedented crackdown on internet-platform companies.

Macroscope | Why Wall Street remains bullish on China amid economic slowdown

Exclusive | ‘Father of emerging markets’ says Chinese stocks have reached bottom