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MSCI

Institutional-grade portfolio intelligence across public and private assets.

Web-based
$17T+ in private investments trackedAssets on platform / AUM
01 — Overview

What MSCI does

Family offices managing across public equities, private funds, direct investments, and real assets face a structural data problem: each asset class arrives in a different format, from a different source, on a different timeline. MSCI's Private Assets suite addresses this directly through its Total Plan Manager platform, which unifies public market holdings, private equity fund data, hedge fund exposures, SMAs, and unstructured assets into a single analytical framework. The result is a consolidated performance book of record that connects benchmarking, risk, and forward-looking scenario modeling in one place, rather than across disconnected spreadsheets or systems.

The family office offering is explicitly positioned as institutional-grade analytics adapted for multi-entity, multi-generational structures. Key capabilities include:

  • Look-through exposure analysis across public and private holdings using Barra factor models
  • Cash flow forecasting and pacing analysis for private capital commitments
  • Climate and GHG exposure tracking integrated into portfolio-level reporting
  • Independent credit insights delivered via a Moody's integration
  • Customizable report automation for board-level and stakeholder communication
  • Benchmarking against MSCI's private asset indexes, sourced from over $17 trillion in tracked private investments

MSCI draws on a dataset covering 28,000-plus funds and 589,000 underlying investments, with eight of the ten largest private equity investors globally cited as data and services users as of December 2023. The Private i platform handles portfolio management and performance tracking specifically for private capital, while Total Plan Manager handles the total portfolio view. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and the depth of configuration likely requires meaningful onboarding time. Family offices with simpler or predominantly liquid portfolios may find the platform more infrastructure than their operations require, but for those managing significant private market allocations across complex entity structures, the breadth of coverage is difficult to match with generic alternatives.

Total Plan Manager connects your public, private, and unstructured assets in one transparent, decision-ready platform empowering Family Offices to monitor performance, manage risk and plan capital with confidence.

On MSCI, from a family-office user
02 — Product & capabilities

What it covers

Core tasks
  • Consolidated total portfolio view across public and private assets
  • Private capital performance measurement and cash flow forecasting
  • Multi-asset risk analysis using factor-based models
  • Benchmarking private fund performance against institutional indexes
  • Climate and ESG exposure tracking at the portfolio level
  • Automated board-level and stakeholder reporting
Notable features
  • Total Plan Manager: unified public and private portfolio analytics platform
  • Private i: private capital portfolio management and performance tracking
  • Performance Book of Record with real-time performance engine
  • Investment Book of Record (IBOR) for private assets
  • Factor-based risk analysis powered by MSCI Barra models
  • Strategic what-if modeling and forward cash flow forecasting
  • Report Builder with customizable, automated report generation
  • HedgePlatform Exposure Data for hedge fund look-through
  • Private Asset Indexes for benchmarking across strategies and vintages
  • AI-powered due diligence with anomaly detection
Assets supported
Private EquityPrivate CreditVenture CapitalHedge FundsReal EstateInfrastructurePublic EquitiesFixed IncomeSeparately Managed Accounts (SMAs)Funds of Funds
Platform & technology
Artificial IntelligenceBenchmarkingData IngestionConsolidated ViewCustom Reporting
03 — Company

The firm behind it

Software type
Web-based
Headquarters / markets
North America, United Kingdom, Continental Europe
04 — Clients & fit

Who it’s for

Built for Single Family Office (SFO), Multi Family Office (MFO), CIO / Investment Office, Investment Teams.