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MSCI brings greater transparency to increasingly complex financial markets, enabling the investment community to make better decisions, for a better world. We are proud to announce the start of our Sales Talent Acceleration Program, a 12-month development journey for young professionals. To read more about the program, visit: https://lnkd.in/dPcrBzk Let us welcome the program participants: Randa Taher, Hugh Farris, Abdel Karim Saddedine, Ayomide Odunaiya, Xiaoou Ye, John Lee, Nickael Tan, Rosane Theng #diversityandinclusion
MSCI brings greater transparency to increasingly complex financial markets, enabling the investment community to make better decisions, for a better world. We are proud to announce the start of our Sales Talent Acceleration Program, a 12-month development journey for young professionals. Let us welcome the program participants: Randa Taher, Hugh Farris, Abdel Karim Saddedine, Ayomide Odunaiya, Xiaoou Ye, John Lee, Nickael Tan, Rosane Theng #diversityandinclusion
We are excited to share MSCI has new external relationships in the UK to help accelerate our improvements in recruiting diverse talent for entry-level roles. Rare, founded in 2005, helps over 10,000 diverse candidates access elite professions throughout their network with 80 prestigious organizations. In early 2021 we plan to run a London internship for 100% diverse talent. #100Black Interns, which launched in August 2020, has brought together UK investment management firms to provide front-office internships opportunities to young, educated Black people trying to break into the city. Currently 200 companies, including MSCI, have committed to offer a paid internship for 2021. We are proud to be involved with both Rare & #100Black Interns, which aim to address the chronic underrepresentation of diverse talent in British financial institutions and move towards action to creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace for current and future employees. For more information visit: https://www.msci.com/who-we-are/corporate-responsibility/social-responsibility
In celebration of Global Diversity Awareness Month, we are proud to kick-off the month by highlighting the benefits of diversity in the workplace. According to the World Economic Forum, “there is substantial research to show that diversity brings many advantages to an organization: increased profitability and creativity, stronger governance and better problem-solving abilities. Employees with diverse backgrounds bring to bear their own perspectives, ideas and experiences, helping to create organizations that are resilient and effective, and which outperform organizations that do not invest in diversity.” We’re privileged to work in a company that not only promotes diversity in all its forms but also invests in resources that help us truly incorporate inclusion for everyone’s benefit. Below you may find a handful of benefits of a diverse workplace:
MSCI has a fundamental role to play in #ESG and #climate integration within the financial industry. We also have a responsibility to act within our day-to-day operations and remain committed to developing, adopting and monitoring climate and carbon-related strategies to reduce our environmental footprint. #sustainability. For more on our environmental principles visit https://www.msci.com/who-we-are/corporate-responsibility/operate-sustainably
Fireside chat for the Latinos in Finance 12th Annual Finance Bootcamp On Saturday 19 September Henry Fernandez, our CEO at MSCI, was invited by the Latinos in Finance organization to participate in a fireside chat at their 12th annual Finance Bootcamp. LIF Bootcamp educates college and high school students on the various careers and opportunities in the finance industry and expands the pipeline of Latino professionals. Henry talked about his journey to become CEO of MSCI, specifically his experience as a Latino in the finance industry. We're delighted and proud that our founder and CEO played a part in this critical initiative and look forward to further partnership with Latinos in Finance in the future.
MSCI CLIENT COVERAGE ACCELERATION PROGRAM! We are excited to launch a new Coverage Acceleration Program which will create the next generation of talent into this function in many of our offices in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pac. This bespoke 12-month development journey, for professionals with 1-3 years industry experience, provides exposure and training in all product areas; including ESG, Analytics, Index and Real Estate, and will lay the foundations for a long and successful career with MSCI. Our Client Coverage teams are our sales specialists who help bring MSCI products (ESG, Analytics, Index and Real Estate) to our clients. They are at the forefront in our client relationships, helping clients make the best use of our products in the context of their investment goals. Locations: New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong. Start Date: October2020 . For more information access our link below.
On 28 July DCIIA added its voice to the growing number of Candid Conversations about Racism, Diversity & the Path Forward. Michael Andeberhan, one of the founders of MSCI?s Black Leadership Network, and Executive Director in our San Francisco Office, represented the firm and moderated a lively & interactive debate. Other participants, discussed challenges, difficulties, emotions & lessons learned during their personal and professional careers. They also described how they have worked towards their goals as members of the black community offering career advice and positive ways to manage more negative situations. In addressing the needs of organizations, speakers shared best practice which included scheduling Diversity Dialogues ? MSCI?s version of Candid Conversations, training on bias, guidelines for leaders, inviting people to be an ally and show them how, longer term Talent Acquisition and development strategies. MSCI is proud to partner DCIIA & demonstrate not only its commitment but move towards action to creating a more diverse and and inclusive workplace for employees.
INDEX SUMMER INTERNSHIP 2020 ! During July MSCI welcomed 6 new summer interns into Index for the US (x4) and the UK (x2). This new talent pipeline are working remotely on specific projects and are spending the summer learning about MSCI, the products we offer to the finance community, our culture and our values. With access to learning resources and opportunities to join live training sessions, senior exposure and networking with colleagues from across the organisation, combined with specific project objectives, deliverables, and a support structure, these interns are setup for success! We wish them an enjoyable and productive time with MSCI and hope to see them again in the future. From US: Solomon Aborbie, Ali Farrag , Alec Lumsden, Anjalee Patel. From UK: Louis Van Eyseren, Temilade Onafowokan
We are proud to announce that MSCI has formed a strategic alliance with Microsoft to accelerate innovation and enhance our technological capabilities. With this alliance, Microsoft Azure will be our preferred cloud platform as well as Microsoft´s artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to enhance our data and analytics services and infrastructure, unlock new innovations that will drive greater solutions for the global investment industry. This will help investors more swiftly and efficiently manage their portfolios and understand better their drivers of risk and performance. By adopting Microsoft Azure, MSCI will transform the client experience through the various capabilities the cloud platform has to offer such as global network of data centers, a cloud infrastructure to meet the massive scale and product diversity of MSCI, and advanced AI and natural language processing capabilities. This alliance reinforces our commitment to driving relentless innovation in our technology and products is more crucial now than ever before.
