Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc. (New York)

Name: Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc.
Address: 1585 Broadway, New York, NY, 10036
Telephone: 1 212 761-7160

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc. is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $7 billion of regulatory assets for 13 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2007.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc. is $7 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 1499% since the beginning of its operation, and $3.84 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $7 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $538.34 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Owen Thomas serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Owen Thomas is pooled investment vehicles with 13 clients and $7 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $7 billion for 13 clients. 46% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure also advises several private funds. Namely, eighteen private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $5,000,000 to $50,000,000.

Careers at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc.

The company employs 42 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 86 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone 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.

Owen Thomas has been acting as President since 1 Sep 2006. Markus Hottenrott has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Dec 2011. David Grove Stafford joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Jay Howard Mantz	Global co-head of merchant banking	1 Feb 2006	Other	2088508
Sadek Wahba	President, ceo and director	1 Sep 2006	Other	2792870
Jennifer Murphy Cattier	Chief legal officer	1 Sep 2006	Other	4175467
Jeffrey Deane Hahn	Chief financial officer	1 Sep 2006	Other	2246182
Owen Thomas	Director	1 Sep 2006	Other	1748613
Ron Lepin	Chief operating officer	1 Sep 2006	Other	5304075
Ms Holdings Incorporated	Parent	1 Sep 2006	75% - 100%	13-3862832
Morgan Stanley	Beneficial owner	1 Sep 2006	75% - 100%	36-3145972
Ms Holdings Incorporated	Shareholder	1 Nov 2006	75% - 100%	13-3862832
Stephen Spaulding Trevor	Director, co-head of private equity and global co-head of merchant banking	1 Mar 2007	Other	2270192
Agatha Teresa Pakruda	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2007	Other	2059284
Agatha Teresa Ruddy	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2007	Other	2059284
Stephen Spaulding Trevor	Managing director, co-head of merchant banking	1 Aug 2007	Other	2270192
Markus Hottenrott	Director	1 Sep 2007	Other	5304320
Mary Caracappa	Chief administrative officer of merchant banking	1 Oct 2007	Other	1579374
John Beresford Watt	Vice president, director and head of asset management	1 Aug 2008	Other	5595762
Anne Louise Valentine Andrews	Director	1 Aug 2008	Other	4416956
Steven Umlauf	Chief risk officer of merchant manking	1 Jan 2009	Other	2343181
John V Veech	Chief executive officer, president, director and head of americas investing	1 Apr 2009	Other	2800685
Jennifer Murphy Cattier	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2009	Other	4175467
Christopher Leroy Odell	Chief legal officer	1 Jun 2009	Other	3149189
Fred Steinberg	Chief financial officer	1 Aug 2009	Other	2171948
Edmond N Moriarty	Head of merchant banking and real estate investing	1 Feb 2010	Other	1744318
Gregory J Fleming	President of morgan stanley investment management and morgan stanley wealth management	1 Jul 2010	Other	2338986
Jason Seth Koenig	Chief legal officer	1 Mar 2011	Other	4914223
James Michael Wilmott	Head of europe investing	1 Dec 2011	Other	1557725
Markus Hottenrott	Chief investment officer	1 Dec 2011	Other	5304320
Michael Henry	Chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2012	Other	4935884
Thomas Gray	Vice president and director	1 May 2013	Other	2524613
Mark Anthony Mclean	Head of oecd asia-pacific investing	1 Jul 2013	Other	6302963
Christopher Koski	Global head of investment strategy	1 Jul 2013	Other	6302965
Matthew William Crowe	Chief legal officer	1 Oct 2014	Other	4469132
Daniel Aaron Simkowitz	Head of morgan stanley investment management	1 Oct 2015	Other	1719867
John Klopp	Head of real assets	1 Feb 2016	Other	5753735
Mustufa Salehbhai	Chief legal officer	1 Dec 2016	Other	5066028
Rebecca Peckham	Chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2017	Other	6778449
David Grove Stafford	Chief compliance officer	1 Aug 2018	Other	6705156

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Morgan Stanley	Shareholder	1 Nov 1995	75% - 100%	36-3145972

Based in New York

The principal office where Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in San Francisco, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 1 212 761-7160 or by fax 212 507-8474. The normal business hours are 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at morganstanley.com/what-we-do/investment-management/merchant-banking/infrastructure/.