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| December 17, 2012 04:30 AM EST |
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MSCI
Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support
tools worldwide, today released “How
European is Europe?”, a new research brief examining how a company’s
economic exposure – where a company draws its revenues from versus where
the company is headquartered – is becoming an increasingly important
consideration for global investors.
Using Europe as an example, one of the two developed markets regions
with the highest exposure to Emerging Markets (nearly 23%), the paper
illustrates how some European companies have been able to weather
challenges on a domestic front by growing revenues across international
markets.
“With the continued integration of world markets, companies are exposed
to economic activity on a global scale,” said Brett Hammond, Managing
Director, Index Applied Research, MSCI. “As more and more companies look
for opportunities across the globe, investors need to understand where
companies do business. Economic exposure provides a new dimension to the
investment process and should become an important consideration in the
construction and evaluation of global equity portfolios.”
The findings are drawn from the recently launched MSCI
Economic Exposure Security Data modules, that provide revenue
exposures for nearly 2,500 large- and mid-cap companies in the MSCI ACWI
Index, a global equity index consisting of developed and emerging
markets countries.
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About MSCI
MSCI Inc. is a leading provider of investment decision support tools to
investors globally, including asset managers, banks, hedge funds and
pension funds. MSCI products and services include indices, portfolio
risk and performance analytics, and governance tools.
The company’s flagship product offerings are: the MSCI indices with
close to USD 7 trillion estimated to be benchmarked to them on a
worldwide basis1; Barra multi-asset class factor models,
portfolio risk and performance analytics; RiskMetrics multi-asset class
market and credit risk analytics; IPD real estate information, indices
and analytics; IPD real estate information, indices and analytics; MSCI
ESG (environmental, social and governance) Research screening, analysis
and ratings; ISS governance research and outsourced proxy voting and
reporting services; FEA valuation models and risk management software
for the energy and commodities markets; and CFRA forensic accounting
risk research, legal/regulatory risk assessment, and due‐diligence. MSCI
is headquartered in New York, with research and commercial offices
around the world.
1As of March 31, 2012, as published by eVestment,
Lipper and Bloomberg in September, 2012.
For further information on MSCI, please visit our web site at www.msci.com
