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Henry Fernandez

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, MSCI

Search every verified Henry Fernandez interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Henry Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of MSCI, discussed the company's outlook and strategy during MSCI's third-quarter 2026 earnings call on October 20, 2026. He described MSCI as having "incredible opportunities" in a data- and model-intensive environment, and outlined three potential benefits of artificial intelligence for the firm: freeing up capital for investment, enabling the creation of new products through agentic processes, and potentially disrupting the software-as-a-service industry by changing how clients consume MSCI's content. Fernandez also addressed trade-offs between near-term margins and long-term growth, stating that as a large shareholder he would prefer to see the company double or triple in size over ten years rather than let its margin rise. He noted that MSCI has historically had attractive organic investments it could not fund without touching margins, and that the company remains focused on delivering long-term compound growth for shareholders. Additionally, Fernandez announced a change in investor relations leadership, with Jeremy Ulan moving to a new finance role and Craig Carter taking over as head of IR. In a September 24, 2026 appearance on Bloomberg's "The Close," Fernandez commented on broader market and geopolitical conditions. He described artificial intelligence as a "hugely revolutionary change" that will redefine economies and societies, while acknowledging the transition will involve ups and downs. He also stated that governments and societies are currently focused on short-term crises rather than the effects of climate change, citing drought in Europe as an example that could shave off 1% of the region's growth.

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“They're not. You know, like anything, whenever you have a crisis, you turn short term. A family will do that, a society will do that, the governments of the world will do that. So we have a lot of short-term crisis going on. So the focus of the world is dealing with those short-term crisis right now. So they're not focused on the effects of climate change even though you look at the drought in Europe and it's potenti”

“I try to envision my company MSI and what it will look like 10 years from now. What size of a company will it be? How many employees in what locations? What clients do we want to have? What products do we want to offer? What size of valuation we have? What return to my capital providers will I provide during that period of time. So I call that my tenure corporate strategy.”

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