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Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited

London, United KingdomSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105922

Filed as MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in London, United Kingdom, registered since 1986, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 23, 2026.

40 years
registered since 1986
$174,539,375,039
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited compensated?

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

Where is Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited located?

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited's principal office is in London, United Kingdom, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited registered with the SEC or a state?

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1986. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105922.

How much does Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited manage?

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited reports $174,539,375,039 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 23, 2026 (87% discretionary).

How have Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited: Regulatory assets under management: $201,285,110,946 in the October 2021 data and $174,539,375,039 in the October 2026 data, down 13%. Total employees: 134 in October 2021 and 222 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (42); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (21); investment companies (20).

Which custodians does Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited use?

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Mitsubishi UFJ Global Custody S.A as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(1) (another regulator's finding of a false statement or omission, or of dishonest, unfair, or unethical conduct), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/105922

What changed in Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$174,539,375,039

$174,539,375,039 as of October 2026, filing dated September 23, 2026.

Discretionary: $152,265,689,676.Non-discretionary: $22,273,685,363.

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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 20 Assets $29,856,310,490 (17%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 42 Assets $94,391,492,723 (54%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 21 Assets $7,522,117,722 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $47,112,085 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $2,751,989,960 (2%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 5 Assets $5,485,066,251 (3%)
Insurance companies
Clients 6 Assets $7,709,033,788 (4%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 6 Assets $5,254,535,981 (3%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 16 Assets $1,908,389,500 (1%)
Other
Clients 15 Assets $19,613,326,539 (11%)

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 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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1986 (40 years)
Employees
Total: 222. Performing investment advisory functions: 97.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Mitsubishi UFJ Global Custody S.A

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)
2 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Boston, MALondon
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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.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
$201B 2021 $213B 2022 $152B 2023 $166B 2024 $165B 2025 $175B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$174,539,375,039222September 23, 2026
October 2025$165,346,868,885197June 18, 2025
October 2024$165,894,206,641189March 27, 2024
October 2023$151,559,010,845206May 16, 2023
October 2022$212,862,608,978153March 31, 2022
October 2021$201,285,110,946134March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $201,285,110,946 in the October 2021 data and $174,539,375,039 in the October 2026 data, down 13%.

Total employees: 134 in October 2021 and 222 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. October 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. July 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 100 to 97.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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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