Low volatility factor indexes
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 ESG Analytics Platform$$
Offering: Global equity and private capital market indices, alongside ESG risk ratings and controversy scores for institutional portfolio benchmarking and risk management.
Best for: Asset managers and institutional investors requiring standardized global benchmarks and ESG risk data for portfolio construction and performance attribution.
Benefits
- Industry-standard global equity benchmarks
- Extensive coverage of private capital asset classes
- Multi-channel delivery including Snowflake and API
- Integrated ESG risk and controversy scoring
- High data reliability for institutional compliance
Drawbacks
- High dependency on legacy index products
- Less focus on niche
- real-time alternative data signals compared to specialized fintechs
- Rigid licensing structures for smaller firms
Product Intelligence
Value Score
44
quality per $
Coverage
70
geo × freq × depth
Try-ability
15
ease of trial
Product Details
Use Cases
Portfolio risk managementpassive investment strategy constructionbenchmarkingasset allocationvolatility analysis
Coverage
Global
Delivery
REST APISFTPS3 BucketSnowflake ShareWeb UI download
Detected Use Cases
competitive intelligencerisk management
Pricing Tiers
Vedex estimate
~$15,000/yr est.
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Web Authority
Notable8 mentions·3 platforms
Academic Papers
2 × 8 pts+16
LinkedIn
4 × 2 pts+8
Reddit
2 × 3 pts+6
Evidence5 sources
Academic Papers
Deploying Multi-Factor Index Allocations in Institutional Portfolios
(The MSCI Minimum Volatility Indexes are turnover constrained to 20% but other measures of investability are more similar to the MSCI. Momentum and MSCI ...
Academic Papers
Advanced Course in Asset Management
... MSCI Minimum Volatility Indexes (MV) www.msci.com/msci-minimum-volatility-indexes. S&P 500 Minimum Volatility Index (MV) www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/indices ...
Reddit
Question regarding minimum volatility ETF strategies
The MSCI Minimum Volatility Indexes are calculatedby optimizing a parent MSCI Index by using an estimated security co-variance matrix to ...
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About MSCI Minimum Volatility Indexes
MSCI Minimum Volatility 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 $15,000/yr (an estimate, not a vendor-published price).
Low volatility factor indexes
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...