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Register now for our Climate Week NYC event on Wednesday, September 25. We will discuss opportunities in climate investing, focusing on: • The growing impacts of physical risk and biodiversity loss • Practical applications of AI in powering climate finance • Investment strategies for the energy transition • Private capital’s critical role in decarbonizing the global economy Register here: http://ms.spr.ly/6049lOMXS

This week, it’s all about our “In Focus” series. As we move into Q3, we take stock of markets against our 2024 investment themes, we ask if currency hedging has been a help or hindrance and, with interest rates now expected to stay higher for longer, we update our macro scenarios. And remember, you can subscribe to the MSCI Weekly emails and have all the insights from #MSCIResearch delivered straight to your inbox: ms.spr.ly/6048gPCLw Investment Trends in Focus: Revisiting MSCI’s Five Key Themes for 2024 MSCI’s Chief Research Officer, Ashley Lester, and team assess the evolution of the five key themes affecting investors in 2024. What does the landscape look like for the second half of the year? http://ms.spr.ly/6049lz0G5 Investment Trends in Focus: Q3 Quarterly Roundtable Our #perspectives podcast reassembles our quarterly panel of experts to assess the short- and long-term issues affecting investors through a deeper dive into some of the details behind these five themes. http://ms.spr.ly/6040lz0Gg Markets in Focus: Currency Risk Higher for Global Equity Investors #Currency relationships have been in flux since early 2022. We analyze how these changes have impacted global #equities and outline the economic and political events that could influence #fixedincome performance over the balance of 2024. http://ms.spr.ly/6041lz0G9 Macro Scenarios in Focus: Soft-Landing Baseline with Downside Risks The #Fed is signaling only one interest rate cut this year, compared to signaling three in March, so rates appear bound to remain higher for longer. Against this backdrop, we updated our #macroeconomic scenarios to reflect the latest market data. http://ms.spr.ly/6042lz0Gi Subscribe now to receive our MSCI Weekly emails straight to your inbox: ms.spr.ly/6048gPCLw

The USD/JPY exchange rate’s recent 40-year low is one example of the currency volatility that has disrupted global equity markets over the last two years. Using our equity risk models, #MSCIResearch examines how well #currency hedges have worked in the years since the global financial crisis and how market dynamics have reshaped the main contributors to global portfolio risk. http://ms.spr.ly/6040lzWn8

Good #corporate #governance is foundational to effective #capital markets, promoting accountability, transparency and sound decision-making aligned with #investor interests. But how do those potential benefits translate into market performance? #MSCIResearch http://ms.spr.ly/6043lzmp3

The #FederalReserve is signaling only one rate cut this year, compared to signaling three in March, so #interestrates appear bound to remain higher for longer. Against this backdrop, we updated our macroeconomic scenarios to reflect the latest market data. #MSCIResearch http://ms.spr.ly/6040lzm8u

MSCI participated in ringing the NYSE closing bell to mark the launch of the Invesco MSCI Global Climate 500 ETF (KLMT). Learn more: https://inves.co/3W11lbJ

Rozália Miklós is on a mission to give back to the MSCI community by guiding the next generation of talent. Three years ago, she launched a mentoring program focused on empowering women in research. Through close mentor-mentee relationships, we're proactively spotlighting junior female researchers for opportunities they might not have sought out. And when senior leaders visit our Budapest office, Rozália ensures our rising stars have a chance to shine. Read her story: http://ms.spr.ly/6045lKl9U

Wealth management firms need optimization that allows them to address the needs of a each clients’ individual needs. Traditional optimization considers the variance covariance matrix as the future truth. Factor based optimization allows for reducing the need for large trades and if the exposures are aligned between the target and the client portfolio, one might not even need to rebalance, preventing unnecessary trading costs. Read more on how MSCI Fabric empowers firms to use a factor based optimization: http://ms.spr.ly/6045lJsGZ

Tune in to the Snowflake Financial Services Marketplace Virtual Event, "From Data to Use Case: How Financial Services Leaders are Tapping Into Snowflake Marketplace to Drive Growth" on Thursday, July 11th at 1:00pm ET, to hear from Jay D., Head of AI Products at MSCI as he shares his thoughts on the #datatransformation happening in financial services. Register here:    #datasharing #AI #financialservices #datacloud 

Indexes can provide vital benchmarks for investors navigating #privatemarkets, a significant but relatively opaque investment ecosystem. We explain the hallmarks of building a foundational dataset and creating #privatecapital indexes that are reliable and robust. Read the blog post: http://ms.spr.ly/6041lJPa3 #MSCIResearch