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Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited

SEC-registered Private Fund Manager · Mega ($100B+) CRD 105922 · SEC file 801-26847 · London · WWW.MORGANSTANLEY.COM
☆ Save with Pro ADV data as of Jun 11, 2026
Regulatory AUM
$175B
Discretionary
$152B
Clients
134
Avg AUM / client
$1.3B
Accounts
134
Employees
222

AUM over time

$42.4B $213B
Dec 2011 Jun 2026

Annual snapshots from Form ADV filings · as of Jun 11, 2026

Asset allocation (SMA assets by investment type)

as of Jun 11, 2026
Exchange-traded equities
$90.8B 52%
Investment-grade corporate bonds
$29.7B 17%
Pooled investment vehicles
$10.5B 6%
Sovereign bonds
$8.7B 5%
Non-investment-grade bonds
$8.7B 5%
Registered investment companies (funds/ETFs)
$8.7B 5%
US government & agency bonds
$5.2B 3%
Derivatives
$5.2B 3%
Cash & equivalents
$5.2B 3%
Other
$3.5B 2%

Share of SMA assets by investment vehicle type, as filed in Form ADV Item 5.K. Dollar figures are percentages applied to total regulatory AUM.

Who they serve

Client typeClientsAUM% of AUM
Investment companies 20 $29.9B 17.1%
Pooled investment vehicles (non-investment companies) 42 $94.4B 54.1%
Pension and profit sharing plans 21 $7.5B 4.31%
Charitable organizations 1 $47.1M 0.03%
State or municipal government entities 2 $2.8B 1.58%
Other investment advisers 5 $5.5B 3.14%
Insurance companies 6 $7.7B 4.42%
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions 6 $5.3B 3.01%
Corporations and other businesses 16 $1.9B 1.09%
Other 15 $19.6B 11.2%

Retirement plan clients

Plans that reported this firm as an investment service provider on Form 5500 Schedule C.

Plan Location Plan year
Advocate Aurora Health Pension Plan Advocate Aurora Health, Inc. 2024

People (6)

NameRole / titleCredentialsWith firm sinceOwnership
O'healai, Ruairi Director & Managing Director Apr 2017 (9y) Less than 5%
Kelly, Fiona, Cameron Director & Managing Director Oct 2018 (8y) Less than 5%
Lockwood, Richard, Andrew Director & Managing Director Nov 2018 (8y) Less than 5%
Parish, Zoe, Victoria Woodbine Director Mar 2022 (4y) Less than 5%
Heron, Edward, Richard Chief Legal Officer May 2023 (3y) Less than 5%
Juergens, Benjamin, John Chief Compliance Officer Feb 2024 (3y) Less than 5%

Entity owners (Schedule A/B)

EntityTitle / statusSinceSch.Ownership
Morgan Stanley Investments (Uk) Direct Owner Of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd. Feb 2009 A 75% or more
Morgan Stanley International Limited Beneficial Owner Jun 2017 B ≈ 56.25% – 100% via Morgan Stanley Investments (Uk)
Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. Beneficial Owner Sep 2006 B ≈ 42.19% – 100% via Morgan Stanley International Limited
Morgan Stanley Beneficial Owner Jul 2019 B ≈ 31.64% – 100% via Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc.

Undisclosed: 0% – 25% of the firm is not attributable from the filed Schedule A bands.

Estimated effective ownership (look-through of filed bands):

  • Morgan Stanley International Limited: 75% – 100% of Morgan Stanley Investments (Uk) × 75% – 100% direct ≈ 56.25% – 100% of the firm
  • Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc.: 75% – 100% of Morgan Stanley International Limited × 75% – 100% of Morgan Stanley Investments (Uk) × 75% – 100% direct ≈ 42.19% – 100% of the firm
  • Morgan Stanley: 75% – 100% of Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. × 75% – 100% of Morgan Stanley International Limited × 75% – 100% of Morgan Stanley Investments (Uk) × 75% – 100% direct ≈ 31.64% – 100% of the firm

Roster from the IAPD representatives feed; ownership and acquisition dates from Form ADV Schedule A/B. "Since" is the earliest filed registration or acquisition date.

Retirement plans served (1)

PlanSponsorParticipantsPlan assetsAs of
Advocate Aurora Health Pension Plan Advocate Aurora Health, Inc. 10,238 $966M 01/01/2024

From Form 5500 service-provider disclosures.

Documents (1 archived)

FormPeriodSize
Form ADV (full filing) 06/11/2026 4.2 MB View · PDF · Source ↗

Archived copies of the firm's regulatory filings, versioned by content hash.

Disciplinary disclosures

Regulatory · Item 11.D(2) as of Mar 27, 2024

Allegations: MSIM LTD. FAILED TO REPORT A DECREASE IN ITS SHAREHOLDING BELOW 5% OF THE OUTSTANDING VOTING SHARES OF A SWEDISH EQUITY SECURITY. Status: Final Sanction Detail: A FINE OF SEK 50 000 ($7500) WAS LEVIED AGAINST MSIM LTD. THE FINE HAS BEEN PAID. Summary: THE PRESCRIBED REGULATORY TIMEFRAME TO MAKE SUCH A DISCLOSURE TO THE SWEDISH REGULATOR IS ONE BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE THRESHOLD IS CROSSED. THE NOTIFICATION WAS SUBMITTED ONE DAY LATE DUE TO A PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE UK.

Regulatory · Item 11.D(2) as of Mar 27, 2024

Allegations: THE HELLENIC CAPITAL MARKET COMMISSION (HCMC) ALLEGED THAT MORGAN STANLEY COMMITTED MARKET MANIPULATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7, PAR. 2(C) OF LAW 3340/2005 BY DISCLOSING THAT THE FIRM, THROUGH VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES, HAD ACQUIRED MORE THAN 5% OF ALPHA BANK, HOWEVER 4.16% OF THE HOLDING WAS HELD BY A SUBSIDIARY AS CUSTODIAN ON BEHALF OF A CUSTOMER. Status: Final Sanction Detail: THE 50,000 EURO (APPROXIMATELY $52,960 USD) SUMMARY FINE WAS PAID ON JUNE 28, 2017. Summary: THE 50,000 EURO (APPROXIMATELY $52,960 USD) SUMMARY FINE WAS APPEALED ON MARCH 6, 2017, BUT THE APPEAL WAS REJECTED AND THE SUMMARY FINE BECAME FINAL ON APRIL 24, 2019.

Regulatory · Item 11.D(2), 11.D(4) as of Mar 27, 2024

Allegations: HCMC ALLEGED THAT MS FAILED TO PROPERLY OR TIMELY REPORT WHEN MS HOLDINGS IN CERTAIN COMPANIES INCREASED OR DECREASED BY MORE THAN 3%, OR EXCEEDED OR FELL BELOW 5%, 10% AND 15% THRESHOLDS, AS REQUIRED BY GREEK PRESIDENTIAL DECREE PD 51/1992 AND LAW 3556/2007. Status: Final Sanction Detail: THE 71,000 EURO (~$94,400 USD) SUMMARY FINE WAS PAID ON NOVEMBER 28, 2014. Summary: ON AUGUST 21, 2014, MORGAN STANLEY (MS) WAS INFORMED THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HELLENIC CAPITAL MARKET COMMISSION (HCMC) ISSUED A DECISION THAT COMMENDED A PROCEEDING ASSERTING THAT A) MS FAILED TO PROPERLY OR TIMELY REPORT WHEN MS HOLDINGS IN CERTAIN COMPANIES INCREASED OR DECREASED MORE BY THAN 3%, OR EXCEEDED OR FELL BELOW 5%, 10% AND 15% THRESHOLDS, AS REQUIRED BY GREEK PRESIDENTIAL DECREE PD 51/1992 AND LAW 3556/2007, AND B) MS SHOULD BE SUMMARILY FINED 71,000 EUROS (~$94,400 USD). MS DID NOT CHALLENGE THE SUMMARY DECISION AND FINE, WHICH BECAME FINAL ON NOVEMBER 28, 2014 WHEN MS PAID THE SUMMARY FINE.

Regulatory · Item 11.D(2), 11.D(4) as of Mar 27, 2024

Allegations: THE PORTUGUESE SECURITIES MARKET COMMISSION (CMVM) ALLEGED THAT THE FIRM DID NOT NOTIFY THE CMVM OR THE ISSUING COMPANY OF CHANGES TO CERTAIN QUALIFYING HOLDINGS WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME PERIOD, IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 16 OF THE PORTUGUESE SECURITIES CODE Status: Final Sanction Detail: CAUTION Summary: ON MARCH 5, 2018, MORGAN STANLEY BECAME SUBJECT TO A DECISION BY THE PORTUGUESE SECURITIES MARKET COMMISSION (CMVM) IN WHICH THE CMVM ISSUED THE FIRM A CAUTION FOR THE WILLFUL BREACH OF (I) THE DUTY TO NOTIFY THE CMVM OF ITS QUALIFYING HOLDING, AND (II) THE DUTY TO NOTIFY THE ISSUING COMPANY OF ITS QUALIFYING HOLDING. THE CMVM ALSO REMINDED THE FIRM THAT IT IS UNDER STRICT LEGAL OBLIGATIONS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH. THE CMVM SPECIFICALLY NOTED THAT, IN QUALIFYING THE FIRM'S CONDUCT AS WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE FIRM (SPECIFICALLY) ACTED WITH THE GOAL OF BREACHING THE LEGAL NORM IN QUESTION. CIVIL JUDICIAL

Regulatory · Item 11.D(1), 11.D(2) as of Mar 27, 2024

Allegations: THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ("NYAG") ALLEGED THAT MORGAN STANLEY VIOLATED NEW YORK LAW IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARKETING, SALE, AND ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES BETWEEN 2006 AND 2007. Status: Final Sanction Detail: MORGAN STANLEY MADE PAYMENT OF $150,000,000 BY WIRE TRANSFER ON 2/24/2016. Summary: ACTION STATUS AND (OR) DISPOSITION AND INCLUDE RELEVANT TERMS, CONDITIONS AND DATES: ON FEBRUARY 11, 2016, MORGAN STANLEY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT (THE "NYAG SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT") WITH THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PAY $150 MILLION TO RESOLVE CERTAIN POTENTIAL CLAIMS RELATED TO MORGAN STANLEY'S MARKETING, SALE AND ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL-MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES. MORGAN STANLEY ALSO AGREED TO PROVIDE $400 MILLION OF CONSUMER RELIEF, ANDTHE REQUIREMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT MONITOR TO OVERSEE MORGAN STANLEY'S PROVISION OF THE CONSUMER RELIEF. THE NYAG SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WAS MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MORGAN STANLEY AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S RMBS WORKING GROUP OF THE FINANCIAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE. THIS SETTLEMENT DOES NOT RESULT IN ANY FINDING OF VIOLATIONS OF LAW, AND CONSTITUTES A FINAL DEPOSITION OF THE POTENTIAL CLAIMS REFERENCED ABOVE.

Regulatory · Item 11.D(1), 11.D(2) as of Mar 27, 2024

Allegations: THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ("ILAG") ALLEGED THAT MORGAN STANLEY VIOLATED ILLINOIS LAW IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARKETING, SALE, AND ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES BETWEEN 2002 AND 2008. Status: Final Sanction Detail: MORGAN STANLEY MADE PAYMENT OF $22,500,000 BY WIRE TRANSFER ON 2/24/2016. Summary: ACTION STATUS AND (OR) DISPOSITION AND INCLUDE RELEVANT TERMS, CONDITIONS AND DATES: ON FEBRUARY 11, 2016, MORGAN STANLEY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT (THE "ILAG SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT") WITH THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PAY $22.5 MILLION TO RESOLVE CERTAIN POTENTIAL CLAIMS RELATED TO MORGAN STANLEY'S MARKETING, SALE AND ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES. THE ILAG SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WAS MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MORGAN STANLEY AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S RMBS WORKING GROUP OF THE FINANCIAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE. THIS SETTLEMENT DOES NOT RESULT IN ANY FINDING OF VIOLATIONS OF LAW, AND CONSTITUTES A FINAL DEPOSITION OF THE POTENTIAL CLAIMS REFERENCED ABOVE.

Disclosure text reproduced verbatim from the firm's own Form ADV filings.

How they charge

  • Percentage of assets under management
  • Fixed fees
  • Performance-based fees

Services

  • Portfolio management for investment companies
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
  • Portfolio management for businesses/institutional clients

Custody

Reported custodians

Amounts as reported in ADV Item 5.K.(3) (custodians holding 10%+ of SMA assets).

Firm reports having custody of client funds or securities (Item 9.A).

Source

All data on this page comes from this firm's Form ADV filings, reproduced without modification. Latest filing: Jun 11, 2026.

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