MSCI - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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MSCI M&A Summary

MSCI has acquired 14 companies, including 6 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

MSCI’s largest acquisition to date was in 2010, when it acquired RiskMetrics Group for $1.6B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2014, when it sold Institutional Shareholder Services to Vestar Capital Partners for $364M. MSCI has acquired in 7 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information services (29%) and business services (22%).

MSCI Business Overview

Where is MSCI headquartered?

MSCI is headquartered in New York, New York.

What is MSCI’s revenue?

MSCI disclosed revenue of 2,528M USD for 2023 and 2,248M USD for 2022.

How many employees does MSCI have?

MSCI has 6,059 employees.

What sector is MSCI in?

MSCI is a financial services company.

When was MSCI founded?

MSCI was founded in 1998.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity16
    • M&A Buy Activity14
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4
  • M&A Advisors 3

MSCI

MSCI, Inc.

7 World Trade Center 49th Floor,
New York, New York 10007
United States,
(212) 804-3900
www.msci.com

MSCI is a provider of investment decision support tools ranging from large pension plans to boutique hedge funds, offers a range of products and services - including indexes, portfolio risk, performance analytics, and ESG data and research - from many internationally recognized brands such as Barra, RiskMetrics, and IPD. MSCI was founded in 1998 and is based in New York City.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 9 1 1 - 2 1 14
vol $2.5B $950M $3.5B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 2 - - - - - 2
vol $364M $364M
  16

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Foxberry Ltd. 2024-02-07 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.foxberry.com
Fabric platform 2023-12-20 - Add-on Acquisition
, United States · www.fabricrisk.com
Trove Research 2023-10-10 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.trove-research.com
Real Capital Analytics, Inc. 2021-08-02 950M USD Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.rcanalytics.com
The Burgiss Group, LLC 2020-01-21 - Stake Purchase
Hoboken, New Jersey · www.burgiss.com
Carbon Delta AG 2019-09-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Zürich, Switzerland · www.carbon-delta.com
InvestorForce 2018-07-30 - Divestiture
Wayne, Pennsylvania · www.investorforce.com
Insignis, Inc. 2015-09-15 - Add-on Acquisition
Chicago, Illinois · www.insignis.com
GMI Ratings Inc.( Governance Holdings Co.) 2014-06-27 15M USD Add-on Acquisition
Portland,, Maine · www3.gmiratings.com
GovernanceMetrics International, Inc. 2014-06-27 15M USD Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www3.gmiratings.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Services 4 (29%) 2.5B (72%) - -
Software 3 (21%) 840M (24%) 1 (50%) -
Business Services 3 (21%) 30M (1%) - -
Information Technology 2 (14%) - - -
Internet Software and Services 1 (7%) - - -
Real Estate 1 (7%) 125M (4%) - -
Financial Services - - 1 (50%) 364M (100%)
Total 14 $3.5B 2 $364M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 11 3.5B 2 364M
  New York 4 2.5B - -
  Pennsylvania 1 24M 1 -
  California 1 816M - -
  New Jersey 1 - - -
  Maine 1 15M - -
  Illinois 1 - - -
  Maryland - - 1 364M
United Kingdom 2 - - -
Switzerland 1 - - -
Domestic 11 (79%) 3.5B (100%) 2 (100%) 364M (100%)
Cross-border 3 (21%) - - -
Total 14 $3.5B 2 $364M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
2
Legal Deals
Davis Polk & Wardwell
6
Allen & Overy
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.6B
$100M to $1B 3 $1.9B
< $100M 3 $54M
TOTAL $3.5B
Largest RiskMetrics Group, Inc.
$1.6B (2010-03-01)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $364M
TOTAL $364M
Largest Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc.
$364M (2014-04-30)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
14%
2 (14%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
50%
1 (50%)
Strategic(s)
50%
1 (50%)

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