MSCI Completes Acquisition of InvestorForce

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NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools
worldwide, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Investor
Force Holdings, Inc.

InvestorForce is a leading provider of performance reporting solutions to the
institutional investment community in the United States, providing investment
consultants with an integrated solution for daily monitoring, analysis and
reporting on institutional assets. InvestorForce`s technology leverages
automated data collection to provide institutional investment consultants and
their institutional investor clients with greater operational efficiencies and
real-time insight, transparency and deeper analysis into investment portfolios.
The InvestorForce platform is used by institutional investment consultants to
report on over $3.5 trillion of assets for over 3,500 institutional plans.

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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 close to USD
7 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 governance research
and outsourced proxy voting and reporting services; FEA valuation models and
risk management software for the energy and commodities markets; and CFRA
forensic accounting risk research, legal/regulatory risk assessment, and
due-diligence. MSCI is headquartered in New York, with research and commercial
offices around the world. MSCI#IR

1As of March 31, 2012, as published by eVestment, Lipper and Bloomberg in
September, 2012.

For further information on MSCI, please visit www.msci.com.

MSCI Inc.
MSCI, New York
Edings Thibault, +1-212-804-5273
or
Media Enquiries:
MSCI
MSCI, London
Jo Morgan, +44-20-7618-2224
or
MSCI, New York
Kristin Meza, +1-212-804-5330
or
MHP Communications, London
Sally Todd | Christian Pickel, +44-20-3128-8515

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