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MSCI Inc

Company · Finance · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, MSCI Inc appears in 14 declared MEP meetings (10 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

14
declared meetings
with current MEPs
10
MEPs met
€900k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.9
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“MSCI’s research-based data, analytics and indexes, help our clients understand risks and opportunities, make investment decisions and unlock innovation. MSCI products and services include indexes; portfolio construction and risk management analytical models and tools; sustainability and climate solutions; and private asset data and analytics. In the European Union, MSCI Deutschland GmbH (a subsidiary of MSCI Inc.)”

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“is authorized by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) as a benchmark administrator for applicable MSCI indexes. In November 2024, the European Union adopted Regulation (EU) 2024/3005 on the transparency and integrity of ESG rating activities, which will require ESG rating providers operating in the European Union to be authorized by, or registered with, ESMA beginning July 2, 2026. Certain of our Sustainability and Climate products are expected to be in scope of this regulation. This registration covers all of MSCI’s divisions.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 14 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe536%
European People's Party429%
Socialists & Democrats429%
Greens/EFA17%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2023). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2021
1
2022
0
2023
5
2024
2
2025
3
2026
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Gilles Boyer
2 meetings · Renew
Aurore Lalucq
2 meetings · S&D
Sirpa Pietikäinen
2 meetings · EPP
Pascal Canfin
2 meetings · Renew
Luděk Niedermayer
1 meeting · EPP

The 14 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
23 Apr 2026Lara WoltersSFDR revision
22 Apr 2026Luděk NiedermayerSFDR
22 Apr 2026Gerben-Jan GerbrandySFDR
17 Sep 2025Sirpa PietikäinenESG Fund flows in Europe, sustainable finance and omnibus
2 Jul 2025Pascal CanfinOmnibus I
10 Apr 2025Sirpa PietikäinenFinancing the energy transition
8 Oct 2024Antonio López-Istúriz WhiteEU BMR
7 Oct 2024Gilles BoyerBenchmarks Regulation
19 Dec 2023Jonás FernándezBenchmark Regulation
19 Dec 2023Gilles BoyerBMR
16 Nov 2023Aurore LalucqESG ratings
12 Oct 2023Rasmus AndresenESG
6 Sep 2023Aurore LalucqESG rating
9 Dec 2021Pascal CanfinGreen Deal

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