MSCI: The $18 Trillion Toll Booth on Index Funds

Описание: MSCI Inc. is the silent toll-booth of the passive-investing revolution, licensing equity benchmarks—most famously the ACWI, EAFE, and Emerging Markets families—to asset managers who pay a basis-point royalty on every dollar their index-linked ETFs and passive funds accumulate. With more than $18 trillion in assets benchmarked to MSCI indexes globally as of December 2025, rising markets inflate fee revenue automatically and without incremental cost. The model produces an asset-light near-monopoly in international-equity indexing—55.9% of revenues from the Index segment alone, a 47% share of European passive equity AUM, ~60% adjusted EBITDA margins, and subscription retention above 94%—while the asset-based-fee flywheel compounds alongside global wealth accumulation.

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