WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - MSCI Inc. (MSCI) and Moody's Corp. (MCO) announced
Monday a strategic partnership agreement to enhance transparency and deliver
data-driven risk solutions.

Under the deal, Moody's will offer MSCI's ESG and sustainability data to Moody's
broad base of global customers. The financial terms of the deal were not
disclosed.

Further, MSCI will gain access to Moody's Orbis database, the world's leading
source of firmographic information with data on more than 500 million entities,
to extend its private company ESG coverage.

The agreement, entered into last week, includes MSCI's ESG ratings and content,
which measure a company's management of financially relevant ESG risks and
opportunities.

MSCI's ESG Rating is designed to measure a company's resilience to long-term,
industry material environmental, social and governance or ESG risks, as per its
website.

Moody's will leverage MSCI's sustainability data and models, which are used by
asset managers and asset owners.

With access to MSCI data, Moody's intends over time to migrate its existing ESG
data and scores to offering MSCI's sustainability content through a range of
solutions serving Moody's customers in the banking, insurance and corporate
sectors.

In addition, the companies will explore solutions that leverage Moody's private
company data and credit scoring models to provide greater insight into the
private credit market.

The partnership does not impact Moody's Ratings, the credit rating agency, which
will continue to provide transparency into the material impacts of ESG factors
on its credit ratings through its proprietary Credit Impact Scores and Issuer
Profile Scores.



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