Benchmarks for hedge fund performance
API Access
Est. Price
~$15,000/yr est.
Update Frequency
Monthly
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
41
quality per $
Coverage
55
geo × freq × depth
Try-ability
15
ease of trial
Product Details
Use Cases
Performance benchmarkingportfolio risk managementinvestment strategy analysisasset allocationcompetitive intelligence
Coverage
Global
Delivery
REST APISFTPS3 BucketSnowflake ShareWeb UI download
Detected Use Cases
competitive intelligenceinvestment researchrisk management
Pricing Tiers
Vedex estimate
~$15,000/yr est.
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Web Authority
Emerging8 mentions·2 platforms
LinkedIn
6 × 2 pts+12
Reddit
2 × 3 pts+6
Evidence5 sources
Reddit
MSCI inc - indexes have big moats, ESG isn't dead
MSCI's indices skew towards emerging markets and ex-US investing (MSCI World is 33% of AUM and MSCI Emerging Markets is 9% of AUM). So if you ...
Reddit
Why don't more people talk about and invest in indexes ...
The data is hard to ignore. MSCI's study covering 1975 to 2014 showed momentum factor indexes outperformed standard MSCI World by +3.1% ...
LinkedIn
How MSCI Inc. tracks 250000 indexes from 10000 securities
Henry Fernandez, CEO of MSCI Inc. explains how around 10000 investable securities globally translate into around 250000 different indexes ...
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About MSCI Hedge Fund Indexes
MSCI Hedge Fund Indexes is an alternative data product offered by MSCI, available on discovery. Data is updated monthly. API access is available for programmatic integration. Vedex estimates pricing at roughly $15,000/yr (an estimate, not a vendor-published price).
Benchmarks for hedge fund performance
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...