BarraOne Selected for Firm-wide Investment Risk Management by AMP Capital

SYDNEY--()--MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today that AMP Capital Investors has selected BarraOne for firm-wide multi-asset class investment risk management.

AMP Capital Investors is one of Asia Pacific’s leading investment managers with over 50 years of experience managing investments for Australian, New Zealand and international investors. AMP Capital’s Investment Risk team has chosen BarraOne as a key tool to help monitor risk and produce unified reports across multiple asset classes. The firm’s portfolio is highly diversified including active equities, fixed income, real estate, infrastructure, alternative investments, multi-asset and multi-manager portfolios.

AMP Capital said that given its broad range of investments, BarraOne was an immediate stand out when evaluating different systems in the market. Key to its selection were BarraOne’s modeling approach, transparency and system flexibility to provide a wide variety of risk measures across a range of asset classes. Also attractive were BarraOne’s strong local support and extensive research and product development roadmap from MSCI.

Michael Anderson, Executive Director and Head of MSCI Australia, said, “We are delighted AMP Capital has chosen BarraOne. The adoption of BarraOne by one of the largest fund managers in Australia reinforces the value of Barra risk tools in the investment process. We are excited to have AMP Capital as a client and look forward to a long and successful relationship.”

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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 which include over 148,000 daily indices covering more than 70 countries; Barra portfolio risk and performance analytics covering global equity and fixed income markets; RiskMetrics market and credit risk analytics; 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.

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London + 44.20.7618.2224
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MHP Communications
Sally Todd | Jennifer Spivey
London + 44.20.3128.8100
or
Abernathy MacGregor
Kenny Juarez | Victor Morales
New York + 1.212.371.5999
or
MSCI Global Client Service:
Asia Pacific Client Service + 852.2844.9333
EMEA Client Service + 44.20.7618.2222
Americas Client Service 1.888.588.4567 (toll free)/+ 1.212.804.3901

Contacts

MSCI
Jo Morgan
London + 44.20.7618.2224
or
MHP Communications
Sally Todd | Jennifer Spivey
London + 44.20.3128.8100
or
Abernathy MacGregor
Kenny Juarez | Victor Morales
New York + 1.212.371.5999
or
MSCI Global Client Service:
Asia Pacific Client Service + 852.2844.9333
EMEA Client Service + 44.20.7618.2222
Americas Client Service 1.888.588.4567 (toll free)/+ 1.212.804.3901