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Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP

West Conshohocken, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 117050

Filed as MORGAN STANLEY AIP GP LP

Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in West Conshohocken, PA, registered since 2001, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 7, 2026.

24 years
registered since 2001
$40,854,466,007
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
7
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP located?

Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP's principal office is in West Conshohocken, PA, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 6 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP registered with the SEC or a state?

Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2001. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 117050.

How much does Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP manage?

Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP reports $40,854,466,007 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 7, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP: Regulatory assets under management: $23,725,502,934 in the October 2021 data and $40,854,466,007 in the October 2026 data, up 72%. Total employees: 164 in October 2021 and 200 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (124); corporations or other businesses not listed above (36); high net worth individuals (16).

Which custodians does Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP use?

Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Morgan Stanley (affiliated with the firm), State Street and The Bank of New York Mellon as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 7 questions about regulatory matters (11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(1), 11.D(2), 11.D(4)). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/117050

What changed in Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: No longer lists the business name Morgan Stanley Private Equity Secondaries. No longer lists the business name AIP Private Equity Secondaries. No longer lists the business name Private Equity Secondaries. Employees performing advisory functions went from 157 to 169. Added an office in West Kowloon. No longer lists an office in Kowloon.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$40,854,466,007

$40,854,466,007 as of October 2026, filing dated August 7, 2026.

Discretionary: $40,102,354,717.Non-discretionary: $752,111,290.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
High net worth individuals
Clients 16 Assets $468,463,118 (1%)
Investment companies
Clients 4 Assets $1,975,428,401 (5%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 124 Assets $32,362,527,185 (79%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 4 Assets $832,219,530 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 8 Assets $248,563,815 (1%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 2 Assets $11,012,670 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 1 Assets $685,299,123 (2%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 3 Assets $258,412,422 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 36 Assets $4,011,059,636 (10%)
Other
Clients 1 Assets $1,480,107 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
AIP, AIP ALTERNATIVE LENDING GROUP, AIP HEDGE FUND SOLUTIONS TEAM, AIP HEDGE FUND TEAM, AIP PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS GROUP, AIP PRIVATE MARKETS, AIP PRIVATE MARKETS GROUP, AIP PRIVATE MARKETS SOLUTIONS, AIP PRIVATE MARKETS TEAM, AIP PSG, ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS, ALTERNATIVE LENDING GROUP, HEDGE FUND SOLUTIONS, HEDGE FUND SOLUTIONS TEAM, HEDGE FUND TEAM, MORGAN STANLEY AIP, MORGAN STANLEY ALTERNATIVES INVESTMENT LLC, MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC, MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD, MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS GROUP, MS AIP, MSIM, MSIM INC., MSIM LTD, MSIM PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS GROUP, MSIM PSG, MSPES, OMNI TEAM, PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS GROUP, PRIVATE EQUITY SOLUTIONS, PRIVATE MARKETS SOLUTIONS, PSG, RIVERVIEW OMNI FUND, SOLUTIONS AND MULTI ASSETS GROUP
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2001 (24 years)
Employees
Total: 200. Performing investment advisory functions: 169.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
6 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
Boston, MAHouston, TXLondonMadridNew York, NYWest Kowloon
States registered or notice-filed
52 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

7 Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$23.7B 2021 $29.6B 2022 $30.4B 2023 $34.2B 2024 $38.7B 2025 $40.9B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$40,854,466,007200August 7, 2026
October 2025$38,666,872,932191July 3, 2025
October 2024$34,216,864,561187July 3, 2024
October 2023$30,397,758,633193July 6, 2023
October 2022$29,616,726,640185June 30, 2022
October 2021$23,725,502,934164July 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $23,725,502,934 in the October 2021 data and $40,854,466,007 in the October 2026 data, up 72%.

Total employees: 164 in October 2021 and 200 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Morgan Stanley Private Equity Secondaries.
    • No longer lists the business name AIP Private Equity Secondaries.
    • No longer lists the business name Private Equity Secondaries.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 157 to 169.
    • Added an office in West Kowloon.
    • No longer lists an office in Kowloon.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
morganstanley.com/IM

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP (CRD 117050): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/morgan-stanley-aip-gp-lp-west-conshohocken-pa-117050