Capital Markets #1 with MSCI CEO Henry Fernandez: What goes into an index?

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• The MSCI origin story [1:07]
• How does an index get constructed? [6:51]
• How do you keep an index accurate? [11:42]
• MSCI business model... how do they get paid? [16:27]
• MSCI, competition, and why not an open source index? [23:14]
• ESG and investment objectives [27:00]
• ESG disclosure frameworks and the role of government in ESG [32:50]
• Defining ESG [34:44]
• MSCI, crypto, and other asset classes [42:55]
• Why an index business instead of principal investing? [51:09]

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