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Aug 2021
56m 55s

Capital Markets #1 with MSCI CEO Henry F...

Andreessen Horowitz
About this episode
  • The MSCI origin story [1:07]
  • How does an index get constructed? [6:51]
  • How do you keep an index accurate? [11:42]
  • MSCI business model... how do they get paid? [16:27]
  • MSCI, competition, and why not an open source index? [23:14]
  • ESG and investment objectives [27:00]
  • ESG disclosure frameworks and the role of government in ESG [32:50]
  • Defining ESG [34:44]
  • MSCI, crypto, and other asset classes [42:55]
  • Why an index business instead of principal investing? [51:09]

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