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

Aug 23, 2021

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03:29

Is the Next Evolution of Capitalism?

02:37

E S G and Climate O

02:24

Introduction

2min

I Was a Student at Morgan Stanley, a Private Equity Firm, and I Started a Business in America.

3min

How Does an Index Get Constructed?

2min

How to Measure the Performance of Every Country in the World

3min

What Is the Old Country World?

2min

Indices Are a Key Part of the Global Investment Process

3min

How Do You Get Paid?

2min

How Do We Get Paid?

3min

How Much Do You Get Paid?

4min

10.

Messia - The Standard of Quality and Accuracy

2min

11.

E S G and Climate O

2min

12.

Is the Next Evolution of Capitalism?

3min

13.

Is There a Role for Governments in the Disclosure Framework?

3min

14.

What Is Material to a Mining Company?

2min

15.

Is There a Wise Spectrum of Riskant Returns?

2min

16.

Is There a Big Opportunity for You as Cond of M C?

3min

17.

Indexin

2min

18.

How to Create Moral Prices for Private Equity?

3min

19.

Cripto

2min

20.

Is There a Blood Chain?

2min

21.

Investing in the Global Investment Industry

4min

22.

The Investment Industry Attracts Top Quartile Smart People

2min

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

Is There a Role for Governments in the Disclosure Framework?

Is the Next Evolution of Capitalism?

E S G and Climate O

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