Products and Services

Through our Risk Management, RiskMetrics Labs, ISS Governance Services and Financial Research & Analysis services, RiskMetrics Group delivers both quantitative tools and qualitative research and analysis to give investors a view into the entire risk profile of a company.

As the financial industry's most trusted advisor, RiskMetrics Group provides a transparent and client-focused approach to help institutions manage a broad spectrum of interrelated risk.

Risk Management

Includes Market Risk, Credit Risk and Wealth Management services that allow clients to optimize the use of their capital, perform risk and return analysis, verify and evaluate securities, and meet regulatory requirements. Our services include industry-leading data, software and analytics that are delivered through a hosted Application Service Provider (ASP) model that can be fully managed by RiskMetrics.

RiskMetrics Labs

RiskMetrics Labs provides a forum for the research and development of new initiatives at RiskMetrics Group, exploring new ways in which we can leverage technology to improve our risk management and corporate governance methodologies and applications. While initially motivated by the need for better explanatory tools, RiskMetrics Labs is working on developing tools that explore portfolio performance, studying new models, statistics, optimizations, and conducting market stress tests and backtesting.

ISS Governance Services

Through an expanded choice of research and proxy advisory services, an end-to-end proxy voting platform and leading compliance and risk management solutions, ISS Governance Services provides solutions that enhance the interaction between shareholders and companies, in order to help shareholders manage risk and drive value. Used by over 1,700 financial institutions worldwide, our proxy advisory services help institutional investors meet the challenges they face in today's complex and highly scrutinized proxy voting environment.

Financial Research and Analysis

Financial research and analytics to help institutional investors assess accounting risk as well as environmental, social and governance risk as material risk and growth opportunities. Our comprehensive, objective and reliable quantitative and qualitative research covers over 8,000 public companies across multiple web-based solutions for screening, modeling, benchmarking and analysis. We also offer web-based tools and information to help corporations understand and implement best practices in compensation and corporate governance.