NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision
support tools worldwide, announced today that its Chief Operating
Officer, David Brierwood, will retire from MSCI in February 2014.
"We thank David for his valuable service to MSCI. When he joined the
company as Chief Operating Officer in 2006, MSCI was a part of Morgan
Stanley with a run rate of $300 million. His leadership helped us to
become a standalone public company with a run rate of more than $1
billion. Among his many accomplishments, he helped to deepen MSCI's
global footprint and played a key role in the acquisitions and
subsequent integrations of RiskMetrics in 2010 and IPD in 2012," said
Henry Fernandez, Chairman and CEO. "We wish him all the best as he
enters this new phase of his life."
Mr. Brierwood informed the company of his decision to retire at the end
of last week and has agreed to stay on through February 14, 2014 to aid
with the transition of his responsibilities.
About MSCI
MSCI Inc. is a leading provider of investment decision support tools to
investors globally, including asset managers, banks, hedge funds and
pension funds. MSCI products and services include indices, portfolio
risk and performance analytics, and governance tools.
The company's flagship product offerings are: the MSCI indices with
approximately USD 7.5 trillion estimated to be benchmarked to them on a
worldwide basis1; Barra multi-asset class factor models,
portfolio risk and performance analytics; RiskMetrics multi-asset class
market and credit risk analytics; IPD real estate information, indices
and analytics; MSCI ESG (environmental, social and governance) Research
screening, analysis and ratings; ISS corporate governance research, data
and outsourced proxy voting and reporting services; and FEA valuation
models and risk management software for the energy and commodities
markets. MSCI is headquartered in New York, with research and commercial
offices around the world. MSCI#IR
1As of March 31, 2013, as reported on July 31, 2013
by eVestment, Lipper and Bloomberg
For further information on MSCI, please visit our web site at www.msci.com
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MSCI, New York
W. Edings Thibault, + 1-212-804-5273
or
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Source: MSCI Inc.
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