Ms Capital Partners Adviser Inc. (New York)


Ms Capital Partners Adviser Inc. is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $6.81 billion of regulatory assets for 49 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2008.

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Ms Capital Partners Adviser 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.

Ms Capital Partners Adviser: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Ms Capital Partners Adviser Inc. is $6.81 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 2705% since the beginning of its operation, and $2.3 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.


The firm manages $6.81 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $139.05 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Ms Capital Partners Adviser 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 Eric Fry serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Eric Fry is pooled investment vehicles with 49 clients and $6.81 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Ms Capital Partners Adviser has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.


The amount of regulatory assets under management is $6.81 billion for 49 clients. 49% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Ms Capital Partners Adviser also advises several private funds. Namely, forty one private equity funds and two venture capital funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $150,000,000.

Careers at Ms Capital Partners Adviser Inc.

The company employs 70 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 54 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.

Eric Fry has been acting as President since 1 Nov 2007. 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
Agatha Teresa Ruddy Chief compliance officer 1 Jun 2007 Other 2059284
Morgan Stanley Beneficial owner 1 Aug 2007 75% - 100% 36-3145972
Ms Holdings Incorporated Shareholder 1 Nov 2007 75% - 100% 13-3862832
Alan Kent Jones Director and president and global head of private equity 1 Nov 2007 Other 1747074
Eric Fry Director 1 Nov 2007 Other 1994937
Jennifer Murphy Cattier Chief legal officer 1 Nov 2007 Other 4175467
Jeffrey Deane Hahn Chief financial officer 1 Nov 2007 Other 2246182
Jay Howard Mantz Global co-head of merchant banking 1 Nov 2007 Other 2088508
Stephen Spaulding Trevor Co-head of private equity, global co-head of merchant banking, chief executive officer, president and director 1 Nov 2007 Other 2270192
Mary Caracappa Chief administrative officer of merchant banking 1 Nov 2007 Other 1579374
Steven Umlauf Chief risk officer of merchant banking 1 Jan 2009 Other 2343181
Christopher Leroy Odell Chief legal officer 1 May 2009 Other 3149189
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
Henry Francis D'alessandro Head of ms credit partners 1 Sep 2009 Other 2502834
Henry F D'alessandro Head of ms credit partners 1 Sep 2009 Other 2502834
Edmond N Moriarty Head of merchant banking and real estate investing 1 Feb 2010 Other 1744318
John Joohahn Moon Director 1 Jul 2010 Other 1875161
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
Michael Henry Chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2012 Other 4935884
Peter David Chung Head of expansion capital 1 Mar 2012 Other 2368467
Matthew William Crowe Chief legal officer 1 Oct 2014 Other 4469132
Amy Yeung Vice president 1 Nov 2014 Other 3126143
Aaron N Sack Co-head of morgan stanley capital partners and director 1 Oct 2015 Other 4233474
Daniel Aaron Simkowitz Head of morgan stanley investment management 1 Oct 2015 Other 1719867
Aaron Nelson Sack Co-head of morgan stanley capital partners and director 1 Oct 2015 Other 4233474
David Nathan Miller Head of private credit and equity 1 Aug 2016 Other 3106150
Mustufa Salehbhai Co-head private investing legal 1 Dec 2016 Other 5066028
Kara Schiffman Fricke Co-head private investing legal 1 Dec 2016 Other 6525109
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% 13-3145972

Based in New York

The principal office where Ms Capital Partners Adviser 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 Houston, TX. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number (212) 761-7160 or by fax (212) 507-8474. The normal business hours are 9:00 am - 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/global-private-equity/.