MSCI (MSCI) Barclays 18th Annual Americas Select Conference summary

Leadership and organizational transformation

• Appointment of the first Chief Product Officer aimed to address lack of integrated technology and product creation discipline.

• A new segment strategy was developed to better understand client needs by focusing on industry segments rather than individual clients.

• Recent hires and ongoing search for CTO/CDO roles are intended to strengthen data, technology, and product engineering capabilities.

Product innovation and growth

• Product launches have accelerated, with 2026 expected to see up to 5x the number of new products compared to 2024.

• Focused innovation in the index business, leveraging improved technology and market demand, has driven revenue acceleration.

• Acquisitions such as Burgiss, Foxberry, Compass, Vantager, and PM Insights have expanded capabilities in private assets, custom indices, and data extraction.

Technology and AI integration

• AI has enabled faster, more ambitious research and product development, transforming knowledge work and client solutions.

• AI-powered tools like MSCI Index AI Insights streamline information retrieval and sophisticated reasoning for clients.

• Layered pricing models are being developed to monetize increased data and service consumption enabled by AI and APIs.