MSCI Inc. (MSCI) CEO Henry Fernandez on Q4 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) Q3 2019 Earnings Conference Call January 30, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Salli Schwartz - Head of Investor Relations & Treasurer
Henry Fernandez - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Baer Pettit - President & Chief Operating Officer
Linda Huber - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Toni Kaplan - Morgan Stanley
Manav Patnaik - Barclays
Alex Kramm - UBS
Bill Warmington - Wells Fargo
Joseph Foresi - Cantor Fitzgerald
Craig Huber - Huber Research
Henry Chien - BMO
Chris Shutler - William Blair
Keith Housum - Northcoast Research

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the MSCI Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Earnings Conference Call. 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 and one follow-up. We will have further instructions for you at that time. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the call over to Salli Schwartz, Head of Investor Relations and Treasurer. You may begin.

Salli Schwartz

Thank you, operator. Good day, and welcome to the MSCI fourth quarter and full year 2019 earnings conference call. Earlier this morning, we issued a press release announcing our results for the fourth quarter and full year 2019. This press release, along with our earnings presentation, which we will reference on our call and a brief fourth quarter update are available on our website, msci.com under the Investor Relations tab.

Let me remind you that this call contains forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speaks only as of the date on which they are made and are governed by the language on the second slide of today's presentation. For a discussion of additional