Barclays Streamlines Product Suite Through Strategic Agreement With MSCI

Barclays and MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of mission-critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, have entered a multi-year strategic agreement. The agreement will enable Barclays to leverage a broad spectrum of MSCI’s innovative solutions to bring differentiated products and insights to clients.

Through this agreement, MSCI will provide Barclays with access to its analytics and integrated risk modelling services. The two organisations are committed to collaborating to expand the current framework to support Barclays with solutions and insights from across the MSCI franchise, while also working together to both enhance existing solutions and develop new products and services.

Stephen Dainton, President of Barclays Bank PLC and Head of Investment Bank Management, said: “Barclays is delighted to be engaging in this strategic agreement with MSCI, which will further strengthen the relationship between our firms. We are committed to utilising the best products and services with a smaller number of global strategic market data vendors to simplify and improve our processes, allowing us to deliver faster and to a higher standard for our customers.”

Axel Kilian, MSCI Chief Client Officer, said: “This new multi-year agreement with Barclays is an exciting next step in our longstanding relationship. I look forward to working with the Barclays team to identify long-term synergies that will help deliver solutions with meaningful impact for Barclays and our broader client base.”