Advancing knowledge that tackles systemic challenges
through capital markets

Skin in the game: Board equity ownership and long-term performance

Performance

Physical risk and the 2026 World Cup: 5 highlights from our Transition Finance Tracker

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What the market thinks

How companies and investors are tackling systemic challenges

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How global insurers are responding to rising physical risk

Insurers say they’re prepared to navigate the rising cost of extreme weather events and other physical risk but question whether the industry overall is ready.

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Findings from our Corporate Resilience Survey

Companies are confronting the rise in physical risk head-on, with the overwhelming majority making plans to withstand the impacts a key part of risk management.

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Investors envision escalating risks of extreme weather

The world’s investors say that the risks of severe weather events will escalate and that global action to date is insufficient to stave off the costliest warming.

Transition Finance Tracker
Q1 Update

Our regular report tracks companies’ and investors’ progress toward a cleaner, more resilient global economy.

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Policy Hub

Targeted insights and essential knowledge to support the development of frameworks informed by investment practice.

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Institute in the news

How to avert the looming crisis of uninsurable infrastructure

Reuters

For better or worse, COP30 changed little for investors

PA future

Asian utility companies to face climate-driven losses of US$8.4 billion by 2050: report

The Business Times

Education

Supporting a new generation of scholarship

Enter the Student Research Challenge 2026

Our Research Challenge program offers select students the opportunity to design and execute high-impact research under the supervision of MSCI analysts. 

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Scholars Program

Immersive learning for master’s students through opportunities to conduct research under the supervision of MSCI analysts.

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Exchanges Video Series

All videos

Kate Schweigart on building financial protection for the most exposed communities

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Kathryn Bakos explains why reducing physical risk requires action across sectors

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AI, Big Data and the Future of Private Markets with Ludovic Phalippou

Rethinking private credit with David Robinson

A conversation with Li Tan, Co-Founder and General Partner, Audacy