MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today that Stephen Davidson has joined MSCI as Managing Director and Director of Investor Relations. Based in New York, Mr. Davidson reports to Bob Qutub, Chief Financial Officer at MSCI, and he will be the primary point of contact with investors and analysts who cover MSCI.

Before joining MSCI, Stephen was managing director and head of investor relations for Markit. Previously, he was a senior vice president and head of investor relations at NYSE Euronext. He was also head of both investor relations and marketing communications for MarketAxess, the electronic trading and technology services platform. He has also held senior positions in investor relations and communications at Deutsche Bank and Prudential Financial.

Mr. Davidson succeeds Edings Thibault who is moving into a new role as Global Head of Business Intelligence.

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 indexes, portfolio risk and performance analytics, and ESG data and research.

The company’s flagship product offerings are: the MSCI indexes with over USD 9 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, indexes and analytics; MSCI ESG (environmental, social and governance) Research screening, analysis and ratings; 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, 2014, as reported on June 25, 2014, by eVestment, Lipper and Bloomberg

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