Leading benchmark for emerging markets equities
API Access
Est. Price
~$15,000/yr est.
Update Frequency
Daily
Pricing Tiers
1
Regions
1
Quality SignalsB
Freshness
Recently enriched
Complete
75%
API
API Available
Product Overview
Financial Index and Benchmarking Platform$$
Offering: Global equity, factor, and private capital market indexes used for portfolio benchmarking, performance attribution, and passive investment product creation.
Best for: Institutional asset managers and pension funds requiring standardized, globally recognized benchmarks for portfolio performance and risk management.
Benefits
- Industry-standard global equity coverage
- Extensive private capital index data
- Flexible delivery via modern cloud and API channels
- Deep integration with institutional investment workflows
Drawbacks
⚠ High cost of entry for specialized or custom index requirements · ⚠ Less focus on niche alternative data compared to boutique providersProduct Intelligence
Value Score
44
quality per $
Coverage
70
geo × freq × depth
Try-ability
15
ease of trial
Product Details
Use Cases
Portfolio benchmarkingAsset allocationPerformance attributionPassive investment product creation
Coverage
Global
Delivery
REST APISFTPS3 BucketSnowflake ShareWeb UI download
Data Sources
financial exchanges
Detected Use Cases
competitive intelligence
Pricing Tiers
Vedex estimate
~$15,000/yr est.
SUBSCRIPTIONMEDIUM
Add to Data Room
Get an instant price estimate based on your organization profile — seats, usage rights, and contract term.Estimated ~$15,000/yr est.
Request a sample directly from MSCI.
Web Authority
High Authority18 mentions·3 platforms
Academic Papers
8 × 8 pts+64
LinkedIn
8 × 2 pts+16
Reddit
2 × 3 pts+6
Evidence5 sources
Academic Papers
The Case of MSCI Country Reclassifications
by TC Burnham · 2017 · Cited by 22 — For example, classification as an Emerging Market entails inclusion not only in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, where the percentage of benchmarked ...
Academic Papers
Rate of Return on Emerging Market Infrastructure Projects
When benchmarked against the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, the PME rises to 1.26, implying an annual excess return of 2.9 percentage points. Relative to ...
Academic Papers
Financial Returns to Equity Investments in Infrastructure in ...
by A Chari · 2025 — S&P 500 as a benchmark, and 1.26 using the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. On average, over the past six decades, equity stakes in emerging-market ...
Data Dictionary
Expected fields and columns in this data product
About MSCI Emerging Markets Index
MSCI Emerging Markets Index is an alternative data product offered by MSCI, available on discovery. Data is updated daily. API access is available for programmatic integration. Vedex estimates pricing at roughly $15,000/yr (an estimate, not a vendor-published price).
Leading benchmark for emerging markets equities
About MSCI
MSCI is a index provider vendor based in New York City. MSCI’s Private Capital Indexes data provides asset owners, asset managers, and General Partners with the most accurate insights into private capital returns, enabling unrivaled benchmarking of private...