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                Maximum Aggregate <br>Offering <br>Price(2)(3)</strong></font></div>
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                of Registration <br>Fee(4)</strong></font></div>
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                A Common Stock, par value<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt;">&#160;</font>$0.01 each
                to be
                issued under the MSCI 2007 Equity Incentive Compensation
                Plan</font></div>
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                Plan</font></div>
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                Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) covers
                shares of Class A Common Stock (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) of MSCI Inc. (the
                &#8220;Company&#8221; or the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) (i) issuable pursuant to the exercise of
                options and restricted stock units granted prior to the date hereof
                under
                the MSCI 2007 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#8220;Equity Plan&#8221;) and
                the MSCI Independent Directors&#8217; Equity Compensation Plan (the &#8220;Directors
                Plan&#8221; and, together with the Equity Plan, the &#8220;Plans&#8221;), (ii) to be issued
                in the future under the Plans and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under
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                Securities Act of 1933, as amended (&#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), any additional
                shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Plans by reason
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                pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the
                purpose
                of computing the registration fee of options granted and outstanding
                under
                the Equity Plan, based on the exercise price of $18.00 as set forth
                in the
                table.</font></div>
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                solely
                for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average
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                the high and low prices reported for a share of Common Stock on the
                New
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      information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of the Registration
      Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of
      Rule
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      Registration Statement.&#160;&#160;The documents containing the information
      specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plans as
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      333-144975),&#160;&#160;as originally filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule
      424(b) of the Securities Act on July 31, 2007, and subsequently
      amended.</font></div>
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      Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-33812), filed on
      November 7, 2007, pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including
      any
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      addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
      13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
      post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
      all
      securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
      remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
      Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
      of
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      statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
      by
      reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
      of
      this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein,
      (or
      in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed
      to
      be incorporated by reference herein), modifies or supersedes such statement.
      Any
      such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
      modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
      Statement.</font></div>
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      indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals
      against expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
      in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
      with
      any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which
      such
      person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director,
      officer, employee or agent to the Registrant. The Delaware General Corporation
      Law provides that Section&#160;145 is not exclusive of other rights to which
      those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote
      of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Section 6.07 of the
      Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated By-laws provides for indemnification by the
      Registrant of its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent
      permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.</font></div>
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      its
      certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be
      personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders </font></div>
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      monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
      liability (i)&#160;for any breach of the director&#8217;s duty of loyalty to the
      corporation or its shareholders, (ii)&#160;for acts or omissions not in good
      faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
      (iii)&#160;for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases,
      redemptions or other distributions, or (iv)&#160;for any transaction from which
      the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant&#8217;s Amended and
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      (b)&#160;to the Registrant with respect to payments which may be made by the
      Registrant to such officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification
      provision or otherwise as a matter of law.</font></div>
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      underwriting agreement provides for indemnification of directors and certain
      officers of the Company by the underwriters against certain liabilities.
      Reference is made to the form of underwriting agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1
      to
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      thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
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      registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
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      permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
      pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
      advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
      public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
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      successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
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      registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
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      Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
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                (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s
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                by
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As
      filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20,
      2007
Registration
      No. 333-______
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      S-8
REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT UNDER
THE
      SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MSCI
      Inc.
(Exact
      Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
13-4038723
(State
                of Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
                or Organization)
(I.R.S.
                Employer
Identification
                No.)
88
                Pine Street
New
                York, NY 10005
(212)
                804-3900
(Address
                of Principal Executive Offices)
MSCI
                2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
MSCI
                INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS' EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full
                Title of the Plan)
Frederick
                W. Bogdan
General
                Counsel
MSCI
                Inc.
88
                Pine Street
New
                York, NY 10005
(212)
                804-3990
(Telephone
                Number, Including Area Code, of Agents for
                Service)
With
                a copy to:
Jean
                M. McLoughlin
Davis
                Polk & Wardwell
450
                Lexington Avenue
New
                York, NY 10017
(212)
                450-4000
CALCULATION
      OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Amount
                To Be Registered(1)
Proposed
                Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(2)(3)
Proposed
                Maximum Aggregate
Offering
Price(2)(3)
Amount
                of Registration
Fee(4)
Class
                A Common Stock, par value
$0.01 each
                to be
                issued under the MSCI 2007 Equity Incentive Compensation
                Plan
2,116,252
$18.00(2)
$38,092,536.00(2)
$1,169.45
Class
                A Common Stock, par value
$0.01 each
                to be
                issued under the MSCI 2007 Equity Incentive Compensation
                Plan
10,383,748
$24.74(3)
$256,893,925.52(2)
$7,886.65
Class
                A Common Stock, par value
$0.01
each
                to be issued
                under the MSCI Independent Directors' Equity Compensation
                Plan
500,000
$24.74(3)
$12,370,000.00(3)
$379.76
Total
                Shares
13,000,000
$307,356,461.52
$9,435.86
(1)
This
                Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") covers
                shares of Class A Common Stock ("Common Stock") of MSCI Inc. (the
                "Company" or the "Registrant") (i) issuable pursuant to the exercise of
                options and restricted stock units granted prior to the date hereof
                under
                the MSCI 2007 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Equity Plan") and
                the MSCI Independent Directors' Equity Compensation Plan (the "Directors
                Plan" and, together with the Equity Plan, the "Plans"), (ii) to be issued
                in the future under the Plans and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under
                the
                Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), any additional
                shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Plans by reason
                of
                any stock dividend, stock split, or other similar
                transaction.
(2)
Estimated
                pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the
                purpose
                of computing the registration fee of options granted and outstanding
                under
                the Equity Plan, based on the exercise price of $18.00 as set forth
                in the
                table.
(3)
Estimated
                pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act,
                solely
                for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average
                of
                the high and low prices reported for a share of Common Stock on the
                New
                York Stock Exchange on November 16, 2007. This includes shares of
                Common
                Stock to be issued upon settlement of restricted stock units granted
                and
                outstanding under the Plans.
(4)
Rounded
                up to the nearest penny.
PART
      I
The
      information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of the Registration
      Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of
      Rule
      428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the
      Registration Statement.  The documents containing the information
      specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plans as
      required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART
      II
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
      3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
      following documents are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) 
      The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.
      333-144975),  as originally filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule
      424(b) of the Securities Act on July 31, 2007, and subsequently
      amended.
(b)   The
      description of the Company's capital stock which is contained in the Company's
      Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-33812), filed on
      November 7, 2007, pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including
      any
      amendments or supplements thereto.
In
      addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
      13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
      post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
      all
      securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
      remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
      Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
      of
      such documents.
Any
      statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
      by
      reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
      of
      this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein,
      (or
      in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed
      to
      be incorporated by reference herein), modifies or supersedes such statement.
      Any
      such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
      modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
      Statement.
Item
      4.  Description of Securities.
Not
      applicable.
Item
      5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item
      6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section
      145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may
      indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals
      against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
      in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
      with
      any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which
      such
      person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director,
      officer, employee or agent to the Registrant. The Delaware General Corporation
      Law provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which
      those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote
      of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Section 6.07 of the
      Registrant's Amended and Restated By-laws provides for indemnification by the
      Registrant of its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent
      permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 102(b)(7)
      of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in
      its
      certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be
      personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders
for
      monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
      liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
      corporation or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
      faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
      (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases,
      redemptions or other distributions, or (iv) for any transaction from which
      the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant's Amended and
      Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for such limitation of
      liability.
The
      Registrant is covered under standard policies of insurance under which
      coverage is provided (a) to its directors and officers against loss rising
      from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and
      (b) to the Registrant with respect to payments which may be made by the
      Registrant to such officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification
      provision or otherwise as a matter of law.
The
      underwriting agreement provides for indemnification of directors and certain
      officers of the Company by the underwriters against certain liabilities.
      Reference is made to the form of underwriting agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1
      to
      the Company's Form S-1.
Item
      7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
      applicable.
Item
      8.  Exhibits.
Exhibit
                  Number
4.1
Form
                of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MSCI Inc.
                (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
                Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-144975))
4.2
Form
                of Amended and Restated Bylaws of MSCI Inc. (incorporated herein
                by
                reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
                Form S-1 (No. 333-144975))
5
Opinion
                of Davis Polk & Wardwell
23.1
Consent
                of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting
                firm
23.2
Consent
                of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5)
24
Power
                of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereof)
99.1
MSCI
                2007 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference
                to Exhibit 10.15 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1
                (No. 333-144975))
99.2
MSCI
                Independent Directors' Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by
                reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
                Form S-1 (No. 333-144975))
Item
      9.  Undertakings.
(a)  The
      undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To
      file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
      post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)  To
      include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
      Act;
2
(ii)  To
      reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
      of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
      thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
      in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;
(iii) To
      include any material information with respect to the Plan not previously
      disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
      information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
      information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
      paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant
      to
      Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
      in
      this Registration Statement.
(2)  That,
      for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
      such
      post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
      relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
      at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
      thereof.
(3)  To
      remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
      securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
      offering.
(b) The
      undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
      any
      liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
      report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
      applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
      Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
      registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
      relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
      at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
      thereof.
(c) Insofar
      as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
      permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
      pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
      advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
      public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
      unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against
      such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
      or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
      successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
      registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
      has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
      jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
      policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
      adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant,
      MSCI Inc., certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
      all
      of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
      Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
      authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 20
th
day of November, 2007.
MSCI
                Inc.
By:
/s/
                Michael K. Neborak
Name:
Michael
                K. Neborak
Title:
Chief
              Financial Officer
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POWER
      OF ATTORNEY
Know
      all
      persons by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below,
      constitutes and appoints each of Henry A. Fernandez, Michael K. Neborak, Gary
      Retelny and Frederick W. Bogdan as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
      and agent, upon the action of such appointee, with full power of substitution
      and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute, in the name
      of the undersigned, any and all instruments which each of said attorneys-in-fact
      and agents may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable MSCI Inc. to
      comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and
      any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in
      respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Commission of this
      Registration Statement under the Securities Act, including specifically but
      without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned
      to
      such Registration Statement, and any amendments to such Registration Statement
      (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with all exhibits
      thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, to
      sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other
      documents necessary or advisable to comply with applicable state securities
      laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection
      therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto
      each
      of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and to
      perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and
      about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
      might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each
      of
      said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
      hereof.
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Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
      Statement has been signed this 20
th
day of November, 2007 by the
      following persons in the following capacities.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
                  Henry A. Fernandez
Chairman,
                Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
November
                20, 2007
Henry
                A. Fernandez
(principal
                executive officer)
/s/
                  Michael K. Neborak
Chief
              Financial Officer
Michael
                  K. Neborak
(principal
                financial officer and principal accounting officer)
November
                20, 2007
/s/
                Kenneth M. deRegt
Director
November
                20, 2007
Kenneth
                M. deRegt
/s/
                James P. Gorman
Director
November
                20, 2007
James
                P. Gorman
/s/
                Jerker M. Johansson
Director
November
                20, 2007
Jerker
                M. Johansson
/s/
                Linda H. Riefler
Director
November
                20, 2007
Linda
                H. Riefler
/s/
                David H. Sidwell
Director
November
                20, 2007
David
                H. Sidwell
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EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                  Number
4.1
Form
                of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MSCI Inc.
                (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
                Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-144975))
4.2
Form
                of Amended and Restated Bylaws of MSCI Inc. (incorporated herein
                by
                reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
                Form S-1 (No. 333-144975))
5
Opinion
                of Davis Polk & Wardwell
23.1
Consent
                of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting
                firm
23.2
Consent
                of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5)
24
Power
                of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereof)
99.1
MSCI
                2007 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference
                to Exhibit 10.15 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1
                (No. 333-144975))
99.2
MSCI
                Independent Directors' Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by
                reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
                Form S-1 (No. 333-144975))