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Adviser Profile

As of Date 10/15/2024
Adviser Type - Large advisory firm
- An investment adviser (or subadviser) to an investment company
Number of Employees 492 -10.71%
of those in investment advisory functions 227 -2.99%
Registration SEC, Approved, 1/28/1981
AUM* 535,031,832,553 9.07%
of that, discretionary 528,431,469,613 8.95%
Private Fund GAV* 4,536,105,800 -39.44%
Avg Account Size 21,059,271 15.12%
% High Net Worth 0.03% 23.06%
SMA’s Yes
Private Funds 18 2
Contact Info 212 xxxxxxx
Websites

Client Types

- High net worth individuals
- Banking or thrift institutions
- Investment companies
- Pooled investment vehicles
- Pension and profit sharing plans
- Charitable organizations
- State or municipal government entities
- Other investment advisers
- Insurance companies
- Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
- Corporations or other businesses not listed above
- Other

Advisory Activities

- Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
- Portfolio management for investment companies
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
- Portfolio management for businesses
- Selection of other advisers
- Educational seminars/workshops

Compensation Arrangments

- A percentage of assets under your management
- Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
- Performance-based fees

Recent News

Reported AUM

Discretionary
Non-discretionary
626B 537B 447B 358B 268B 179B 89B
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Private Funds



Employees

Private Funds Structure

Fund Type Count GAV
Fund TypeHedge Fund Count3 GAV$356,035,164
Fund TypeVenture Capital Fund Count2 GAV$584,252,745
Fund TypeOther Private Fund Count13 GAV$3,595,817,891

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Brochure Summary

Overview

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and its advisory affiliates represent the investment management division of Morgan Stanley, a publicly held company (“Morgan Stanley”). We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, a corporation whose shares are publicly held and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “MS”. Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. MSIM is organized as a Delaware corporation and has been registered with the SEC since 1981. Overview For more than 40 years MSIM has provided client-centric investment and risk-management solutions to a wide range of investors and institutions. Our clients include corporations, pension plans, intermediaries, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, endowments and foundations, governments, consultant partners, and retail investors worldwide. Investment strategies span the risk/return spectrum across geographies, investment styles and asset classes, including equity, fixed income, alternatives and private markets. More than 20 investment teams are organized under six capabilities: Solutions & Multi-Asset, Real Assets, Active Fundamental Equity, Private Credit & Equity, Fixed Income and Global Liquidity. MSIM offers its clients the intelligence and creativity of some of the brightest professionals in the industry, and access to the global resources of Morgan Stanley. The extensive range of MSIM’s services and products reflects our continuous effort to provide products and services that help meet the needs of investors worldwide. Depending on the selected product or offering, our investment teams have the ability to customize solutions for clients, creating tailored approaches in the context of a full-service platform. MSIM is dedicated to providing superior client service to investors worldwide. In addition to responding to client inquiries and providing timely portfolio analytics and commentary, we share knowledge with clients by organizing proprietary conferences and webcasts, and distributing a wide array of publications and thought leadership papers that highlight our firm’s intellectual capital. We aim to empower our clients to make more informed investment decisions. The longevity of many of our client relationships testifies to our commitment to superior investment service and the productive partnerships we have cultivated throughout our history. MSIM provides investment advisory services to investment companies registered pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“Investment Company Act”), private investment vehicles and offshore pooled vehicles sponsored by MSIM and its affiliates and provides sub-advisory services to registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles sponsored by unaffiliated parties who serve as the primary investment adviser (collectively, “Funds”). MSIM advises separately managed accounts for a wide range of institutional clients. In addition, MSIM provides investment advice to individual retail investors through various bundled “wrap fee” programs (“Wrap Fee Programs”) and other platforms sponsored by certain broker-dealers and/or investment advisers, including affiliates of MSIM. We also advise clients on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that we advise (“asset allocation advice”). As a diversified global financial services firm that engages in a broad spectrum of activities including financial advisory services, investment management activities, sponsoring and managing private investment funds, and other activities, you should be aware that there will be occasions when Morgan Stanley encounters potential and actual conflicts of interest in connection with its investment management services. Separate Accounts MSIM provides investment advisory services through separately managed accounts to a variety of institutional clients, including high net worth individuals, business organizations, public and private pensions, trusts, foundations, charitable organizations, hospitals, labor unions, religious organizations, endowment funds, insurance companies, educational institutions, sovereign wealth funds and other entities (“Institutional Accounts”). The advisory services for these accounts FORM ADV, PART 2A BROCHURE MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. 5 are tailored to each client based on its individual investment objectives. Before establishing an Institutional Account, MSIM and the client discuss the available investment strategies and the client’s investment objectives. Investment in certain securities or types of securities can be restricted at the request of the client. See Item 8 “Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss” for descriptions of the strategies offered for Institutional Accounts. Wrap Fee and Platform Programs Our investment advisory services are available through various Wrap Fee Programs sponsored by certain broker-dealers and/or investment advisers (“Sponsor(s)”), including affiliates of MSIM, to individual investors, including high net worth and other retail investors. As used herein, the term Sponsor includes overlay managers to the extent a Wrap Fee Program utilizes an overlay manager. Clients that participate in these Wrap Fee Programs enter into a single agreement with the applicable Sponsor for our advisory services, as well as other bundled services. For a single “wrap” fee
(which is paid to the Sponsor and the Sponsor then pays a portion to us) the Sponsors offer our investment advisory services to their separately managed account clients and are generally, depending on the program, primarily responsible for: i. Monitoring and evaluating our performance; ii. Executing client portfolio transactions typically without additional commission charge (except that the client will be charged an added commission charge if we use a broker other than the Sponsor to execute trades); iii. Providing custodial services for clients’ assets; iv. Ensuring adherence to client guidelines, restrictions and/or client instructions; and/or v. Providing tax management services. MSIM participates in certain Wrap Fee Programs pursuant to which we provide the Sponsors with a model portfolio that represents the securities we recommend in accordance with a particular investment strategy (the “Model Portfolio”). In most instances, we will communicate our recommendations comprising the Model Portfolio, and any changes thereto, to the Sponsors, who serve as investment advisers to the Wrap Fee Program clients and are responsible for implementation of any client-specific investment restrictions and for determining the suitability of our investment strategy for the client. In most instances, unless otherwise agreed, the Sponsor will exercise investment discretion with respect to securities that are purchased or sold for clients of such Model Portfolio Wrap Fee Programs and will be responsible for executing trades and seeking best execution for such Wrap Fee Program accounts. In addition to offering our advisory services through Wrap Fee Programs in the manner described above, certain separately managed accounts are offered to retail investors through what’s known as “dual contract arrangements” (a client will pay the Sponsor a fee and will pay us an advisory fee) in which a Sponsor and its client enter into an agreement with regard to the Sponsor’s overall management of the client’s assets pursuant to which the Sponsor identifies managers that offer particular strategies or products that the Sponsor believes are suitable for each client. Either the Sponsor or the client then selects the particular strategy or product and the applicable manager to manage portions of the client’s portfolio. In a “dual contract” arrangement, MSIM generally has separate agreements with the Sponsor and each applicable client, the latter of which outlines the scope and limitations of the advisory relationship between MSIM and the client. In such arrangements, the Sponsor, who itself has a client relationship with the client, and/or the client are generally responsible for determining whether a strategy offered by MSIM is suitable and appropriate for the client based on its investment objectives, risk tolerance and financial situation. Under these arrangements, the client can impose restrictions on investing in certain securities through the Sponsor or MSIM, if applicable. For further discussion on the impacts of restrictions on trading, please refer to “Directed, Restricted or Constrained Brokerage Arrangements; Wrap Fee Programs” in Item 12 “Brokerage Practices.” FORM ADV, PART 2A BROCHURE MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. 6 Fund of Funds and Portfolio Solutions Our fund of funds advisory and portfolio solutions business focuses on the discretionary and, in certain instances, non- discretionary investment management of accounts across four strategies: (1) hedge funds; (2) private markets (“Private Markets”); (3) risk premia; and (4) portfolio solutions (“Portfolio Solutions”). Our fund of funds advisory business consists primarily of identifying investment opportunities and making investments in diversified portfolios of traditional and non-traditional investment funds. Advisory services of this nature are provided to funds and separate accounts on a discretionary and nondiscretionary basis. The underlying funds or accounts in which we invest are referred to throughout as the “Underlying Investment Funds” and the third-party investment managers who manage the Underlying Investment Funds are referred to as the “Underlying Investment Managers”. Depending on the investment strategy selected, certain clients invest in Underlying Investment Funds managed by an Affiliated Adviser (as defined in Item 10) that invest in a broad set of Risk Premia investments, currently expected under normal market conditions to constitute a diverse set of different strategies or factors, including, without limitation, value, carry, curve, trend/momentum, mean reversion, volatility, congestion opportunistic, hedge and other similar strategies, as well as equity specific low-beta, size, value, quality and momentum strategies. The Affiliated Adviser intends to implement the Risk Premia strategy primarily through total return swaps and intends to gain such exposure through multiple counterparties. In addition, Risk Premia investments, in certain instances, include futures, listed options and common stocks. The Portfolio Solutions business implements discretionary investment advice by integrating traditional and non-traditional investments through a single portfolio construction, philosophy and approach. Further Information For additional information regarding the specific investment strategies we employ please refer to Item 8, “Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss.” Assets Under Management As of December 31, 2023, we managed approximately $528,431,469,613 on a discretionary basis and $6,600,362,940 on a non-discretionary basis, totaling $535,031,832,553 of assets under management or supervision. FORM ADV, PART 2A BROCHURE MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. 7