Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $299.58 billion of regulatory assets for 9,385 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2002 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 48 other states.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, and selection of other advisers. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.
The assets under management (AUM) of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. is $299.58 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 482% since the beginning of its operation, and $117.48 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.
The firm provides services to insurance companies, investment companies, charitable organizations, other investment advisers, pooled investment vehicles, corporations or other businesses, pension and profit sharing plans, state or municipal government entities, and sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions. The largest group of clients of Mitchell Moses Merin is investment companies with 42 clients and $149.7 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Morgan Stanley Investment Management has the 2nd highest percentage of investment companies out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $273.06 billion for 269 clients. 39% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management also advises several private funds. Namely, nine hedge funds, thirteen other private funds, and two private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $5,000,000,000.
The company employs 883 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 23 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 25 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.
There are 5 people with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.
Mitchell Moses Merin has been acting as President since 1 Nov 2000. Joseph John Mcalinden has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Nov 2000. Stefanie Vanessa Chang Yu joined the executive team most recently as the General Counsel, Secretary & Managing Director.
The principal office where Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10036, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in West Conshohocken, PA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.
You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-296-6600 or by fax 646-452-0390. The normal business hours are 9:00am-5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at morganstanley.com/im.