MSCI Unveils 130 Private Capital Indexes 

MSCI launched its new MSCI Private Capital Indexes, which represents a significant step toward increased transparency in the global private market sector. The 130 new indexes, compiled from a diverse pool of private capital funds with over $11 trillion in capitalization, cover private equity, private credit, private real estate, private infrastructure, and private natural resources. 

The indexes complement MSCI’s more than 80 existing real asset fund and property indexes. When paired with MSCI’s equity and fixed-income indexes, investors gain a multi-asset perspective on their portfolios. 

“Investors need tools that will help them cut through the complexity of private markets and take advantage of new investment opportunities,” said MSCI chairman and CEO Henry Fernandez. “Our private capital indexes allow investors to gain clarity across their investments through high quality validated data and industry leading index construction.”  

The news comes nearly a year after its acquisition of the remaining 66% of The Burgiss Group, LLC for $697 million in cash. Burgiss is a Hoboken, NJ-based provider of data, analytics, and technology solutions for investors in private assets. Since its initial investment in January 2020, MSCI invested an aggregate of $913 million to acquire all of Burgiss. 

In addition to the standard offerings, MSCI provides advanced custom benchmarking solutions to support asset allocation analysis, detailed performance reporting and risk management. The company recently launched MSCI AI Portfolio Insights, an offering that combines generative artificial intelligence with MSCI’s analytics tools and modeling technologies to enhance risk reporting.