MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call October 31, 2023 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Jeremy Ulan - Head, Investor Relations & Treasurer

Henry Fernandez - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Baer Pettit - President & Chief Operating Officer

Andrew Wiechmann - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Alex Kramm - UBS

Alexander Hess - JPMorgan

Toni Kaplan - Morgan Stanley

Manav Patnaik - Barclays

Kelsey Zhu - Autonomous

Ashish Sabadra - RBC Capital Markets

Owen Lau - Oppenheimer

George Tong - Goldman Sachs

Faiza Alwy - Deutsche Bank

Seth Weber - Wells Fargo

Heather Balsky - Bank of America

Russell Quelch - Redburn Atlantic

Craig Huber - Huber Research Partners

Greg Simpson - BNP Paribas

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the MSCI Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. As a reminder, this call is being recorded. At this time, all participants are in a listen -only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session, where we will limit participants to one question at a time. We will have further instructions for you later on.

I'd now like to turn the call over to Jeremy Ulan, Head of Investor Relations and Treasurer. You may begin.

Jeremy Ulan

Thank you. Good day, and welcome to the MSCI Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. Earlier this morning, we issued a press release announcing our results for the third quarter 2023. This press release, along with an earnings presentation and a brief quarterly update are available on our website, msci.com, under the Investor Relations tab.

Let me remind you that this call contains forward-looking statements, which are governed by the language on the second slide of today's presentation. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made, are based on current expectations and current economic conditions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements.

For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, please see the risk factors and forward-looking statements disclaimer in our most recent Form 10-K and in our other SEC filings.

During today's call, in addition to results presented on the basis of US GAAP, we also refer to non-GAAP measures. You'll find a reconciliation of our non-GAAP measures to the equivalent GAAP measures in the appendix of the earnings presentation. We will also discuss operating metrics such as run rate and retention rate. Important information regarding our use of operating metrics such as run rate and retention rates are available in the earnings presentation.