MSCI and UBS Announce Strategic Partnership to Bring Greater Transparency to Private Markets

Companies are leveraging respective capabilities and expertise to further expand MSCI’s AI-powered platform integrating tools, data and analytics across private markets and alternative asset classes.

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) and UBS Group AG are announcing a strategic partnership aimed at advancing transparency across private markets.

The partnership combines MSCI’s capabilities in independent data, analytics and models with UBS’s leading alternatives expertise and global client insights. Together, the companies will work to further expand MSCI’s AI-powered platform designed to address longstanding industry challenges in private markets, such as fragmented data and limited transparency.

Informed by the Limited Partner (LP), Wealth Management and Asset Management perspectives that UBS brings, the partnership will create a more connected and standardized experience across the full private markets investment lifecycle, enabling investors to access insights more efficiently and evaluate opportunities with greater confidence. As the world’s largest truly global wealth manager and a leading asset manager, UBS will also be an early adopter of the platform and collaborate with MSCI to advocate for broader market adoption and standardization across private markets.