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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · MSCI (MSCI)

MSCI Controller and Chief Accounting Officer Jack Read to resign; successor search started

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

MSCI said its Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, C. Jack Read, plans to resign to pursue another opportunity. He will stay in the role and as principal accounting officer until August 9, 2026, and the company says his decision was not due to any disagreement on financial statements, internal controls, operations, policies or practices. MSCI has started a search for a successor, so shareholders will see a leadership change in a key finance role but no financial results are reported in this filing.

Key points

  • C. Jack Read informed MSCI on March 27, 2026 of his intention to resign as Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.
  • Read will remain in his roles and as principal accounting officer until August 9, 2026.
  • The company states the resignation was not due to any disagreement on financial statements, internal controls, operations, policies or practices.
  • MSCI has initiated a process to identify a successor.

The filing

CompanyMSCI (MSCI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMar 31, 2026, 4:14 PM ET
Accession number0001408198-26-000027

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:30 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on March 31, 2026.

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