MSCI and MarketAxess collaborate on liquidity fixed income indexes
29 April 2022 US
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MSCI, a global provider of equity, fixed income and multi-asset portfolio analysis tools, has announced a collaboration with MarketAxess.
The partnership will see the two firms create portfolio analytics solutions and co-branded fixed income indexes, which will incorporate MarketAxess鈥� liquidity data.
MSCI plans to integrate MarketAxess鈥� AI-powered pricing and liquidity measures, including Relative Liquidity Score and Tradability, into MSCI鈥檚 portfolio construction analytics tools and its fixed income indexes.
MarketAxess also plans to leverage MSCI鈥檚 ESG ratings to identify and create more liquid and sustainable fixed income portfolios for its global institutional clients.
Henry Fernandez, chairman and CEO of MSCI, comments: 鈥淢SCI is committed to expanding and enhancing our fixed income solutions to reflect the increasingly complex needs of the institutional investment community.
鈥淎s bond markets continue to evolve beyond over-the-counter trading coupled with compressed management fees, investors seek to effectively analyse and index fixed income securities. MSCI鈥檚 collaboration with MarketAxess will empower investors with portfolio analytics and index products, in addition to offering them tools and robust datasets in growing areas of interest, namely ESG.鈥�
Speaking on the announcement, Rick McVey, chairman and CEO of MarketAxess, adds: 鈥淭his collaboration provides an opportunity to enhance our mutual clients鈥� trading outcomes by enabling them to power their portfolio construction process with MSCI鈥檚 advanced analytics.
鈥淎s our clients reimagine the benefits of using electronic trading solutions, we see great value in using our proprietary liquidity data to enhance MSCI鈥檚 proprietary portfolio construction tools and market leading Index platform.鈥�
The partnership will see the two firms create portfolio analytics solutions and co-branded fixed income indexes, which will incorporate MarketAxess鈥� liquidity data.
MSCI plans to integrate MarketAxess鈥� AI-powered pricing and liquidity measures, including Relative Liquidity Score and Tradability, into MSCI鈥檚 portfolio construction analytics tools and its fixed income indexes.
MarketAxess also plans to leverage MSCI鈥檚 ESG ratings to identify and create more liquid and sustainable fixed income portfolios for its global institutional clients.
Henry Fernandez, chairman and CEO of MSCI, comments: 鈥淢SCI is committed to expanding and enhancing our fixed income solutions to reflect the increasingly complex needs of the institutional investment community.
鈥淎s bond markets continue to evolve beyond over-the-counter trading coupled with compressed management fees, investors seek to effectively analyse and index fixed income securities. MSCI鈥檚 collaboration with MarketAxess will empower investors with portfolio analytics and index products, in addition to offering them tools and robust datasets in growing areas of interest, namely ESG.鈥�
Speaking on the announcement, Rick McVey, chairman and CEO of MarketAxess, adds: 鈥淭his collaboration provides an opportunity to enhance our mutual clients鈥� trading outcomes by enabling them to power their portfolio construction process with MSCI鈥檚 advanced analytics.
鈥淎s our clients reimagine the benefits of using electronic trading solutions, we see great value in using our proprietary liquidity data to enhance MSCI鈥檚 proprietary portfolio construction tools and market leading Index platform.鈥�
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