2013 in Review
One MSCI
Tequila Te-kill-ya
Employee Engagement
Statistics
100
Name of the group that spoke at the HF/HP CRO event in 2013
What is The Eurasia Group
100
Name this CRO…This CRO was the first to purchase Barra Factors in RM…
Who is Barry Schachter
100
This person (see picture) was severely affected (went down for the count!) directly after taking a shot of Silver Patron in 2014
Who is Chris Paolucci a.k.a The Silver Fox- $100
100
Engaged to Sasha and doesn't realize it
Who is Will Peets?
100
What is the daily decay factor that RiskMetrics research recommends
What is .94
200
These 4 folks left the US HF/HP teams in 2013
Who are Jack Chen, Rachel Lei, and Austin Wheeler, Wayne Hu
200
Name that BMU…. A colleague recently commented “great job all around, including an awesome note. Overcommunicating in general is a good thing. Keep it up-just keep “ so-and-so” off the list for notes on accounts you took over from him. For reasons too numerous to list here, we will own this unless RM becomes a better fit. We will make that decision though
What is PMA
200
To be classified as a “Tequila”, this is the minimum amount of Blue Agave it must have
What is 51%
200
Two women engaged to men but act like they're engaged to each other
Who are Emily and Christina?
200
Who is Chris Corado? What is our goal for RiskServer uptime?
What is Four 9s
300
This shocking client cancellation in 2013 was actually linked to a former member of the consulting team at MSCI
Who is Private Advisors
300
Name that Hedge Fund…A singapore colleague recently e-mailed their NY colleagues “ So-and-so “ is a NY based HF with significant operations in Singapore. Their CRO (Vlad Krin) is based in NY, but he has a guy working for him in Singapore (Wylie Chan).
Who is Rohatyn Group
300
This Platinum & White Gold Tequila bottle, which went to a private collector in 2006, was recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records at this sale amount
What is $225,000 (no limes included!)
300
Engaged to former HR person
Who is Charles Keeney?
300
What is the default recovery rate in our credit model?
What is 40%
400
This office at MSCI became the largest office at MSCI in 2013 with over 500 employees
What is Mumbai
400
The following quote was in reference to what recently signed HF “You’re both playing me like a fiddle knowing I’ll eat that up…….300k sale plus cross team, senior management coordination…….keep it coming. I will approve trips to MN in January for anyone all day long if this is where we land!”
Who is WhiteBox Advisors
400
This specific brand and type of Tequila resides on Ben Maldonado’s desk and a shot is taken when deals are closed and/or it is your birthday.
What is Jose Cuervo Platino
400
Got engaged after MSCI office tryst
Who are Audrey, Dan .....
400
Who is Josh Persky?
What is 4%
500
Daily Double!!! The biggest event of 2013, occurred at the grand ballroom pictured in this hotel See Video
What is the W Union Square
500
“We power investors globally with objective insight.”
What is the One MSCI core mission
500
According to Wikipedia, this is the date of the annual National Tequila Day
What is July 10th
500
This person kept his engagement secret until Josh guessed it
Who is Gilbert Ong?
500
What is the correlation of your performance with your comp? or What is your expected increase in comp next year?
What is .0000001
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