MSCI, a leading provider of mission-critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 66% of The Burgiss Group, LLC (“Burgiss”) for $697 million in cash. Since its initial investment in January 2020, MSCI will have invested an aggregate of $913 million to acquire all of Burgiss.
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