MSCI CEO Makes Significant Purchase of 5 Billion Won in Company Shares

Henry A. Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of MSCI Inc., purchased approximately 6,800 shares of the company’s stock on U.S. exchanges on February 13 and 17. The total cost of these purchases is estimated at about $3.57 million (roughly KRW 5.1 billion using current exchange rates). After these transactions, his direct holdings in MSCI rose to 1,493,847 shares. He also holds additional shares through family trusts and family members’ names, as well as a significant number of stock options, although no option exercises were reported in this filing.

In its February regular review, MSCI announced that Indian financial firms Aditya Birla Capital and L&T Finance will be added to the MSCI Global Standard Index. Local brokerage analysts estimate that these two names could attract approximately $495 million in passive inflows combined.

Headquartered at the World Trade Center in New York, MSCI is a global financial services company offering a range of equity indices—including MSCI World, MSCI Emerging Markets and the All Country World Index (ACWI)—along with portfolio analytics, ESG and climate-related data services. Henry A. Fernandez has led MSCI as Chairman and CEO for many years, driving the expansion of ETF licensing based on its indices and growing its data and analytics business.