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MSCI World Index

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Prominent developed markets equity index

API Access
Est. Price

~$15,000/yr est.

Update Frequency

Daily

Pricing Tiers

1

Regions

1

Quality SignalsB

Freshness

Recently enriched

75

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 providers

Product Intelligence

Value Score
44
quality per $
Coverage
70
geo × freq × depth
Try-ability
15
ease of trial

Product Details

Use Cases
Portfolio benchmarkingasset allocationperformance attributionindex-linked product creationrisk management
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

High Authority
98
19 mentions·4 platforms
Academic Papers
9 × 8 pts+72
Reddit
6 × 3 pts+18
LinkedIn
3 × 2 pts+6
Blogs & Newsletters
1 × 2 pts+2
Evidence5 sources
Academic Papers

Emerging Equity Markets in a Globalized World

By contrast, we also show the distribution for beta, that is, the each market's beta relative to the MSCI World Index return, which was computed.

Academic Papers

Global Equity Fund Performance Adjusted for ...

The dataset was developed using data from BNY Mellon in conjunction with Russell Investments. ... Results for the MSCI World Index are consistent.

Academic Papers

Emerging Stock Market Returns: A Survey

Mateus (2004) finds that “returns of seven EU accession markets are more serially correlated than returns of the MSCI World index” (i.e., they have an.

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About MSCI World Index

MSCI World 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).

Prominent developed markets equity index

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...

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