MSCI Barra Announces Data Availability for Series of New MSCI Indices

MSCI Barra (NYSE:MXB), a leading provider of investment decision
support tools worldwide, including indices and portfolio analytics,
announced today that index and constituent data for the new MSCI
Frontier Markets Indices, MSCI Asia APEX 50 Index and MSCI GCC (Gulf
Cooperation Council) Countries Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap and
Provisional Standard Indices will be made available on December 18,
2007 via starter files.

Index levels and returns will also be available via
www.mscibarra.com shortly after 5:15pm Eastern Standard Time on
December 18, 2007, along with constituent data for the MSCI Asia APEX
50 Index. Real time index levels for the MSCI Asia APEX 50 Index will
also simultaneously be made available to vendors. Eligible clients
will be able to gain access to constituent data for all the new
indices on request from MSCI Barra.

The index and constituent data will be added to the existing
corresponding MSCI index products on February 7, 2008.

About MSCI Barra

MSCI Barra is a leading provider of investment decision support
tools to investment institutions worldwide. MSCI Barra products
include indices and portfolio analytics for use in managing equity,
fixed income and multi-asset class portfolios.

The company´s flagship products are the MSCI International Equity
Indices, which are estimated to have over

USD 3 trillion benchmarked to them, and the Barra risk models and
portfolio analytics, which cover 56 equity and 46 fixed income
markets. MSCI Barra is headquartered in New York, with research and
commercial offices around the world. Morgan Stanley, a global
financial services firm, is the majority shareholder of MSCI Barra.

MSCI Barra was voted "Index Provider of the Year" at the 2007
Global Pensions Magazine Awards.

For further information on MSCI Barra, please visit our web site
at www.mscibarra.com

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