MSCI Barra is a leading provider of investment decision support tools to investment institutions worldwide. MSCI Barra products include indices and portfolio risk and performance analytics for use in managing equity, fixed income and multi-asset class portfolios. Our goal is to leverage our deep understanding of the world's financial markets to turn data-driven insights into tools that our clients can use to meet their investment process needs.

MSCI Barra calculates over 120,000 equity and REIT indices daily. Since MSCI global equity benchmarks were first launched over 40 years ago, estimated assets benchmarked to MSCI indices have grown systematically. In addition to benchmarking and performance measurement, MSCI indices are increasingly being integrated into other areas of our clients' investment processes such as research and asset allocation, and used as the basis of derivative products.

Barra models and risk and return portfolio analytics, which cover 56 equity and 46 fixed income markets, set the industry standard in financial risk management for the world's largest asset management firms.

Our market-leading brands are trusted by the world's foremost investment organizations:

MSCI Indices are used by over 2,200 clients including the 10 largest asset managers*. Barra Risk Models & Portfolio Analytics are used by over 900 clients including the 10 largest asset managers*.

MSCI Barra is headquartered in New York, with research and commercial offices around the world.

* Source: 10 largest asset managers, measured by assets under management, as published by Nelson MarketPlace in April 2008, compared to MSCI Barra client list.