The core business of MSCI, including the flagship MSCI World and MSCI Emerging Markets indices.
API Access
Est. Price
~$10,000/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
46
quality per $
Coverage
70
geo × freq × depth
Try-ability
15
ease of trial
Product Details
Use Cases
Portfolio benchmarkingperformance attributionstrategic asset allocationrisk managementinvestment research
Coverage
Global
Delivery
REST APISFTPS3 BucketSnowflake ShareWeb UI download
Data Sources
financial exchanges
Detected Use Cases
competitive intelligenceinvestment researchrisk management
Pricing Tiers
Vedex estimate
~$10,000/yr est.
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Web Authority
Notable13 mentions·4 platforms
Academic Papers
3 × 8 pts+24
LinkedIn
8 × 2 pts+16
Reddit
1 × 3 pts+3
Twitter / X
1 × 2 pts+2
Evidence5 sources
Academic Papers
Commodity dependence and optimal asset allocation
Subsequently, we require at least ten years of uninterrupted data for MSCI equity indexes so as to ensure we have enough observations to obtain ...
Academic Papers
World Bank Document
We choose MSCI equity indexes to local stock market indexes to concentrate on the more liquid, globally traded stocks used in cross-border operations. 11 ...
Academic Papers
Ethical Investment in the Stock Market: Halal ...
Equity Index (or any combination of MSCI Equity Indexes). The index ... Initially, the data procurement team collects stock data from global ...
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About MSCI Equity Indexes
MSCI Equity Indexes 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 $10,000/yr (an estimate, not a vendor-published price).
The core business of MSCI, including the flagship MSCI World and MSCI Emerging Markets indices.
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...