MSCI and UBS Announce Strategic Partnership to Boost Transparency in Private Markets | LeapRate
MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) and UBS Group AG have announced a strategic partnership designed to bring greater transparency to private markets, combining the two firms’ respective strengths in data, analytics and alternatives expertise.
Announced July 9, 2026, the partnership pairs MSCI’s independent data, analytics and modeling capabilities with UBS’s alternatives expertise and global client insights. The companies plan to expand MSCI’s AI-powered platform, which addresses long-standing industry issues in private markets such as fragmented data and limited transparency.
Drawing on UBS’s perspective as a Limited Partner, wealth manager and asset manager, the partnership aims to create a more connected, standardized experience across the private markets investment lifecycle. UBS will be an early adopter of the platform and will work alongside MSCI to push for wider market adoption and standardization.
Henry Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of MSCI, said the company has long focused on bringing independence and transparency to global investors, adding that private markets are becoming an increasingly significant part of the investment landscape.
Sergio P. Ermotti, UBS Group CEO, said the partnership builds on a long relationship with MSCI and reflects a shared ambition to improve transparency in private markets, noting UBS’s Unified Global Alternatives business brings deep client insight to the collaboration.
The platform unifies fund discovery, portfolio management, analytics and benchmarking within a single ecosystem, while streamlining data management and bridging private and public markets. Automated data processing and independent performance data are intended to give investors more timely, consistent insights.
The collaboration also aims to build an ecosystem connecting General Partners with institutional and private wealth investors, potentially reshaping how private markets are managed and evaluated going forward.
