Key Developments: MSCI Inc (MSCI.N)
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MSCI Inc's ISS Settles SEC Charges Over Data Breach-Reuters
Reuters reported that The Securities and Exchange Commission said that ISS, a unit of MSCI Inc, will pay a $300,000 penalty and hire an independent compliance consultant. Full Article
MSCI Inc Comments On Q2 2013 Revenue Guidance-Conference Call
MSCI Inc announced that it expects second quarter of 2013 revenues to be approximately twice those of the first quarter of 2013, and also expect second half of 2013 revenues to be recognized more evenly over the final two quarters of 2013. The Company reported revenues of $251.91 million in the first quarter of 2013. Full Article
Mercer Extends Agreement with MSCI Inc For InvestorForce Platform
MSCI Inc announced it has extended an agreement with Mercer to provide advanced investment performance-measurement and reporting services through its InvestorForce platform. The agreement extends to Mercer’s operations in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, and also leverages InvestorForce Collect, which enables asset managers to submit account-specific data including returns, market values, cash flows and holdings detail directly to the InvestorForce Report automated platform. Full Article
MSCI Inc Completes Sale Of CFRA
MSCI Inc announced that it has completed the sale of its CFRA business. Full Article
MSCI Inc Announces Sale of CFRA
MSCI Inc announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its CFRA business, provider of forensic accounting research, to a private investor for an undisclosed purchase price. The transaction is expected to close within the next two months. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP acted as legal advisers to MSCI. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Full Article
MSCI Inc Completes Acquisition of InvestorForce
MSCI Inc announced that it has completed its acquisition of Investor Force Holdings Inc. InvestorForce is a 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. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Full Article
MSCI Inc To Acquire ICG Group Inc's Investor Force Holdings Inc
MSCI Inc announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Investor ICG Group Inc's Investor Force Holdings Inc provider of performance measurement and reporting software to institutional investment consultants in the United States. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.InvestorForce is a 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. The total consideration for Investor Force Holdings, Inc. is $23.5 million, subject to a final working capital adjustment. The acquisition will be funded through existing cash and is not expected to have a material impact on MSCI`s results of operations. Full Article
MSCI Inc Announces $100 Million ASR As Part Of $300 Million Share Repurchase Authorization
MSCI Inc announced that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $300 million of MSCI`s shares of common stock. As part of this authorization, MSCI has entered into a $100 million Accelerated Share Repurchase (ASR) agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, which will begin immediately. The $200 million balance of the authorization will be available for utilization from time to time through 2014 at the Company`s discretion. Full Article
MSCI Inc's MSCI Limited Completes Acquisition Of IPD Group
MSCI Inc's MSCI Limited announced that it has completed its acquisition of IPD Group Limited. Full Article
MSCI Inc Enters Real-estate Investment Benchmarking With IPD Buy-Reuters
Reuters reported that MSCI Inc said it will buy IPD Group Limited for $125 million to enter the real-estate benchmarking business. London-based IPD provides real estate investment benchmarking, performance analysis, market indices and market research to institutional investors, fund managers and owners of real estate. Full Article
Exclusive: Vanguard nets $40 billion from funds that switched benchmark
BOSTON - Vanguard Group Chief Executive William McNabb on Tuesday said the No. 1 U.S. mutual fund company had accumulated $40 billion in net assets during the first half of the year from the funds that switched away from benchmarks provided by MSCI Inc .

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