Industry Insights 03 Jan 2026 views ( )

MSCI Launches Groundbreaking Index Integrating Public Markets and Private Equity

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) has launched the MSCI All Country Public + Private Equity Index, an innovative daily index that integrates public markets and a broad private equity perspective into a unified framework. The launch of this index marks a significant shift in how investors assess overall equity exposure and measure portfolio performance.

As private markets become increasingly integrated into investment portfolios, private equity has emerged as a core component of overall portfolio allocation, offering diversification benefits, long-term return potential, and access to sectors of the economy not covered by public markets. This index responds to the evolving structure of investor portfolios and sets a new benchmark for tracking global equity performance across both public and private markets.

The index consists of two core components: the flagship index, which covers the full universe of listed equities in both developed and emerging markets and serves as a benchmark for approximately $5.6 trillion in managed assets1; and the new MSCI All Country Private Equity Index, a daily indicator based on MSCI's proprietary dataset incorporating cash flow and valuation data from limited partners (LPs) across nearly 10,000 private equity funds. This integrated approach enables the index to reflect both investable public equity markets and simulated private equity exposure within a single global equity framework.

Leveraging MSCI’s deep index expertise, research capabilities, and data strengths, the methodology for the MSCI Global Public + Private Equity Index follows MSCI’s index design principles, aiming to provide transparent and consistent standards for index construction, maintenance, and rebalancing. The index targets a 15% allocation to private equity, with weights calculated daily based on the relative performance and weight drift of each constituent index. The index is reviewed and rebalanced quarterly to maintain consistency with the target allocation. During each review, the latest available constituent data is incorporated, and weightings are reset to the target allocation. Rebalancing strictly adheres to MSCI’s index maintenance policies to ensure continuity and comparability over time.

Luke Flemmer, Head of Private Assets at MSCI, said: “This index is a milestone in our mission to enhance transparency and accessibility in private markets. It reflects the unique combination of MSCI’s high-quality data, world-class research, and index distribution capabilities, expanding our suite of private asset tools to enable investors to access, benchmark, and allocate private capital more simply.”

The launch of this index underscores MSCI’s broader commitment to providing investors with the tools, research, and data needed to make informed decisions across their entire portfolios. For more information, please visit .

1 As of June 30, 2025. Active institutional AUM includes separate/individual AUM, pooled/mixed AUM, and institutional mutual fund AUM. Active retail funds include open-end funds, closed-end funds, and insurance product funds. AUM also includes indexed assets and the notional value of futures and options outstanding contracts (based on MSCI internal data). For funds that did not disclose AUM as of June 30, 2025, prior period data was used as an estimate.

About MSCI

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) supports the development of global markets by creating a common language for participants across the financial ecosystem. Our research-driven data, analytics, and indices, combined with advanced technology, set standards for investors worldwide, helping clients understand risks and opportunities, make better decisions, and unlock innovation potential. Our clients include asset managers and asset owners, private market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth management firms, banks, insurers, and corporations. For more information, please visit .

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