Overview
- Headquarters
- Purchase, NY
- Total Firm Assets
- $1961.9 billion
- Average High-Net-Worth Client Portfolio Size
- $12.1 million
Fee Disclosure
OUTSOURCED CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICE (OCIO)
| Min | Max | Disclosed Annual Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | and above | 1.75% |
Estimated Annual Advisory Fees
| Portfolio Value | Estimated Annual Fee | Effective Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $17,500 | 1.75% |
| $5 million | $87,500 | 1.75% |
| $10 million | $175,000 | 1.75% |
| $50 million | $875,000 | 1.75% |
| $100 million | $1,750,000 | 1.75% |
Actual fees may vary; other investment costs may apply.
Clients
- High-Net-Worth Share of Firm Assets
- 26.89%
- Number of High-Net-Worth Clients
- 43,631
- Total Client Accounts
- 2,703,720
- Discretionary Accounts
- 2,159,438
- Non-Discretionary Accounts
- 544,282
Services Offered
Services: Financial Planning, Portfolio Management for Individuals, Portfolio Management for Companies, Portfolio Management for Institutional Clients, Pension Consulting, Investment Advisor Selection, Educational Seminars
Regulatory Filings
- SEC CRD Number
- 149777
Additional Brochure: OUTSOURCED CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICE (OCIO) (2026-08-07)
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Form ADV Wrap Fee Program Brochure
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
Outsourced Chief Investment Office (OCIO) Program
August 7, 2026
2000 Westchester Avenue
Purchase, NY 10577
Tel: (914) 225-1000
Fax: (614) 283-5057
www.morganstanley.com
This wrap fee program brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Morgan
Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“MSWM”). If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact
us at (914) 225-1000. The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about MSWM also is available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. Registration
with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
Item 2: Material Changes
There are no material changes to the ADV brochure since the
version of this brochure dated March 28, 2025.
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Item 3: Table of Contents
Item 1: Cover Page .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Item 2: Material Changes ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Item 3: Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Item 4: Services, Fees and Compensation .................................................................................................................................................. 4
A. General Description of Programs ............................................................................................................................................. 4
OCIO ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
MSFO ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Account Opening ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Investment Restrictions ............................................................................................................................................................ 6
Trade Confirmations, Account Statements and Performance Reviews .................................................................................... 6
Risks ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Fees .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
B. Comparing Costs ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8
C. Additional Fees ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Funds in Advisory Programs .................................................................................................................................................... 9
Cash Sweeps .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
D. Compensation to MSWM ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
Item 5: Account Requirements and Types of Clients ........................................................................................................................... 12
Item 6: Portfolio Manager Selection and Evaluation ............................................................................................................................... 12
A. Selection and Review of Portfolio Managers and Funds for the Program ............................................................................. 12
Calculating Portfolio Managers’ Performance ....................................................................................................................... 12
B. Conflicts of Interest ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
C. Financial Advisors Acting as Portfolio Managers .................................................................................................................. 15
Description of Advisory Services .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Performance-Based Fees ........................................................................................................................................................ 15
Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies .................................................................................................................... 15
Policies and Procedures Relating to Voting Client Securities ................................................................................................ 16
Item 7: Client Information Provided to Portfolio Managers .................................................................................................................. 16
Item 8: Client Contact with Portfolio Managers ................................................................................................................................... 16
Item 9: Additional Information .............................................................................................................................................................. 16
Disciplinary Information ........................................................................................................................................................ 16
Code of Ethics ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Client Referrals and Other Compensation ............................................................................................................................. 19
Financial Information ............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Exhibit A: Tax Management Terms and Conditions .............................................................................................................. 20
Exhibit B: Affiliated Money Market Funds Fee Disclosure Statement ............................................................................... 23
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allocation decisions, manager selection and review, and
comprehensive monitoring of the client’s portfolio.
Item 4: Services, Fees and Compensation
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management”, “MSWM”, “we” or “us”), is a registered
investment adviser and a registered broker-dealer. MSWM is
one of the largest financial services firms in the U.S. with
branch offices in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
investment
advisory
programs
Where a client appoints MSWM as the discretionary investment
manager, MSWM will assume responsibility for asset
allocation, the implementation of all investment strategies as
well as the selection, approval, on-going monitoring, and
termination of the Investment Product in the account. Where
MSWM acts as a non-discretionary investment adviser,
MSWM recommends Investment Products and clients retain the
authority on allocation decisions as well as decisions to
terminate any Investment Product. In certain cases, an internal
portfolio management team within MSWM will be responsible
for exercising this discretion utilizing model portfolios, which
may hold one type of Investment Product, including ETFs,
mutual funds, or SMAs, or may invest in a combination of such
Investment Products. MSWM also provides the client with
on-going financial management services such as investment
performance reporting, administration, trade execution and
custody.
MSWM offers clients many different advisory programs that
have different features and support different
types of
investment strategies. You may obtain ADV Brochures for
other MSWM
at
www.morganstanley.com/ADV or by asking your Financial
Advisor, your Private Wealth Advisor if you are a Morgan
Stanley Private Wealth Management client, or your
Institutional Consultant if you are Morgan Stanley Graystone
Consulting client. Throughout the rest of this Brochure,
“Financial Advisor” means your Financial Advisor, Private
Wealth Advisor, Institutional Consultant, or another registered
representative of the Firm, as applicable.
MSWM is a Fiduciary to You.
At the inception of the relationship, , MSWM will conduct a
review of the investment policy, asset allocation, and assets in
the client’s current portfolio following these key steps:
•
Investment Policy Statement – MSWM will assist
the client in the preparation of an investment policy
statement (“IPS”) in order to evaluate and articulate
the clients risk tolerance and investment objectives.
In doing so, MSWM will assist the client in identifying
its needs for liquidity, income, growth of income,
growth of principal and preservation of capital. The
IPS will assist the client in selecting and developing an
investment strategy and will assist
appropriate
MSWM in executing such strategies.
In addition, we provide services as a “fiduciary” (as that term is
defined in Section 3(21)(A) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and/or
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”)), with respect to “Retirement Accounts” (as that
term is described herein). For purposes of this brochure
(including the Exhibits), the term “Retirement Account” will be
used to cover (i) “employee benefit plans” (as defined under
Section 3(3) of ERISA, which include pension, defined
contribution profit-sharing and welfare plans sponsored by
private employers, as well as similar arrangements
sponsored by governmental or other public employers,
which are generally not subject to ERISA; (ii) individual
retirement accounts, or “IRAs” (as described in Section 4975 of
the Code); and (iii) “Coverdell Educational Savings Accounts
(“CESAs”).
A. General Description of Programs
• Current Portfolio Analysis – MSWM will
complete a thorough evaluation of a client’s current
investment program, including investment structure,
individual components of each fund, fee structures,
manager selection process, possible conflicts of
interest, peer universe comparisons and on-going
evaluation procedures. The analysis will culminate
in a business evaluation of all contracts, custodial
documents and performance monitors.
• Asset Allocation Analysis - MSWM will complete
an analysis of the asset allocation and the basis for
asset allocation decisions. The analysis will assist
the client in understanding the modeling process and
will lead to an estimate as to the client’s needs for
updates and the frequency with which such uptakes
will be provided. This is a key component in
MSWM’s risk management evaluation process.
Outsourced Chief Investment Office (OCIO)
Outsourced Chief Investment Office or “OCIO” services are
generally offered to institutional, family office and high net
worth clients. In OCIO, a client appoints MSWM as the
discretionary or non-discretionary investment adviser to select
or recommend, as applicable,
investments affiliated or
unaffiliated mutual funds, exchange traded funds, collective
investment trusts, hedge funds/alternative investment funds, or
investment management firms (“subadvisors” or “managers”)
to manage the client’s account assets (collectively “Investment
Products”). In addition to these investment management
and/or investment advisory services, MSWM will also provide
custodial, trade execution and related services for a single asset
based fee, generally referred to as a “wrap fee”. OCIO is
designed to manage the overall investment process, including
investment policy decisions, asset and investment style
Cash Management. A client may elect discretionary cash
management services, whereby MSWM invests and reinvests
the proceeds of the account in accordance with the client’s
investment criteria, concentration limits and other requirements
as stated in the client’s IPS or a quantifiable rules matrix (
“Matrix”) as a supplement to the client’s IPS. Generally, the
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Morgan Stanley Family Office (MSFO)
In certain instances, MSWM will provide investment advisory
services using the OCIO platform through the Morgan Stanley
MSFO provides
Family Office business (“MSFO”).
investment advisory and administrative services to ultra-high
net worth family offices.
entire cash management portfolio is invested in short duration
fixed income and cash equivalent investments. The IPS or
Matrix is provided to the client for review and approval. When
the client agrees that it is consistent with their investment goals,
MSWM will manage that cash portfolio according to the IPS or
Matrix. If assets held in the account fall outside of the IPS or
Matrix, MSWM will generally liquidate such assets in an
orderly manner within a commercially reasonable amount of
time. If the client revises the IPS or Matrix documents,
MSWM will update the IPS or Matrix and obtain the client’s
approval of the new IPS or Matrix
Defined Contribution Plans
In OCIO, MSWM also provides discretionary investment
advisory for participant directed defined contribution and non-
qualified deferred compensation plans (“Participant Directed
Plans”). In addition to discretionary investment management,
clients may receive non-discretionary administrative services
which include, plan sponsor education, plan provider search
support, plan services and expense review, and employee
education. These are not investment advisory services and
MSWM does not assume status as a fiduciary under ERISA, the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or any other applicable law or
regulation in performing these services. MSWM provides the
following administrative services:
Tax Management. Tax Management Services is an account
feature whereby MSWM shall seek to limit net realized capital
gains when implementing equity transactions in your account.
.You may elect tax management (“Tax Management”) services
for the account by instructing your Financial Advisor, and
indicating what Maximum Tax or Realized Capital Gain
Instructions you desire. The Tax Management Terms and
Conditions attached to this Brochure as Exhibit A will govern
Tax Management services in your account.
• Plan Sponsor Education – MSWM makes educational
materials available to plan fiduciaries. The available
materials may cover topics such as retirement plan
administration, fiduciary responsibilities, plan design
features and investments.
to develop strategies relating
Alternative Investments Performance Reporting Service.
MSWM offers alternative investments performance reporting
capabilities. MSWM offers clients the ability to receive
periodic reports that provide historical performance reporting
of their alternative investments that were not purchased through
MSWM. In addition, MSWM will consider these alternative
investments for purposes of its performance monitoring and
asset allocation analysis.
• Employee Education – MSWM shall collaborate with the
to participant
Client
enrollment and ongoing employee education, and MSWM
can work with the plan to deliver general financial and
investment information relating to such concepts as
diversification, asset allocation, retirement planning and
plan participation.
its sponsor,
information as reported by
The alternative investments historical performance information
provided by this service is based upon information provided,
directly or indirectly, to MSWM by the issuer of the alternative
investment manager or
investment, or by
administrator (“Performance Reporting AI”).
MSWM’s
ability to provide historical or other performance reporting on
alternative investments is dependent upon its ability to obtain
such information from each Performance Reporting AI. The
performance reporting enables the client to receive from
MSWM periodic reports containing the client’s historical
performance
the applicable
Performance Reporting AI.
• Plan Provider Search Support. MSWM shall assist
Client with the preparation and distribution of requests for
proposals (“RFP”) with respect to Client's search for a
party to provide recordkeeping or related services for the
plan and shall provide assistance with the evaluation of
RFP responses and corresponding finalist interviews and
conversion support. Not available for Non-Qualified
Deferred Compensation Plans.
• Plan Services and Expense Review.
MSWM shall
provide Client with a report for the purpose of assisting
Client with the review of various fees and plan expenses as
they relate to the services provided by the plan. This
report will generally consist of an overall assessment of
current services and expenses, as well as a comparison of
such services and expenses to those incurred by other plans
of similar size and composition. Not available for Non-
Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans.
Account Opening
To enroll in any program described in this brochure, you must
enter into the program client agreement (“Client Agreement”).
The reporting service and asset allocation analysis are not
intended to constitute investment advice or a recommendation
by MSWM of any alternative investment and MSWM is not
evaluating the appropriateness of the initial investment or the
continued investment in the alternative investments reported on
as a part of this service. In addition, the service does not
constitute, create or impose a fee-based brokerage relationship,
a fiduciary relationship or an investment advisory relationship
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, with
regard to the provision of the investments covered under this
service. If the Client is an employee benefit plan or is
otherwise subject to ERISA, MSWM is NOT acting as a
fiduciary (as defined in ERISA) with the respect to the
provision of these reporting services as described herein).
MSWM is not responsible for and will not provide tax reporting
with respect to any alternative investment reported on under this
service.
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impose
reasonable
Investment Restrictions
You may
restrictions on account
investments. For example, you may restrict MSWM or the
managers from buying specific equity securities, a category of
equity securities (e.g., tobacco companies) or Fund shares. If
you restrict a category of securities, we or the manager will
determine which specific securities fall within the restricted
category. In doing so, we or the manager may rely on research
provided by independent service providers. Any restrictions
you impose on individual securities will not be applied to the
Fund’s underlying holdings since Funds operate in accordance
with the investment objectives and strategies described in their
prospectuses.
tax consequences. Moreover,
in
favor of
$1.00 per share, they cannot guarantee they will do so. The price
of other money market funds will fluctuate and when you sell
shares they may be worth more or less than originally paid.
Money market funds may, and in certain circumstances will,
impose a fee upon the redemption of fund shares. Please review
your money market fund’s prospectus to learn more about the
use of redemption or liquidity fees. In addition, if a money
market fund that seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 per share
experiences negative yields, it also has the option of converting
its stable share price to a floating share price, or to cancel a
portion of its shares (which is sometimes referred to as a
“reverse distribution mechanism” or “RDM”). Investors in
money market funds that cancel shares will lose money and
may experience
in some
circumstances, money market funds may cease operations when
the value of a fund drops below $1.00 per share. In that event,
the fund’s holdings will likely be liquidated and distributed to
the fund’s shareholders. This liquidation process can be
prolonged and last for months. During this time, these funds
would not be available to you to support purchases, withdrawals
and, if applicable, check writing or ATM debits from your
account.
Trade Confirmations, Account Statements and
Performance Reviews
MSWM may serve as the custodian and provide you with
written confirmation of securities transactions, and account
statements at least quarterly. You may waive the receipt of trade
alternative methods of
confirmations
communication where available. You may also receive mutual
fund prospectuses, where appropriate.
liability
interests
We provide performance monitoring to clients on a case-by-
case basis in a format and with a frequency as requested by the
client.
Risks Relating to Master Limited Partnerships. Master
Limited Partnerships (“MLPs”) are limited partnerships or
(limited
companies whose
limited
partnerships or limited liability companies units) are generally
traded on securities exchanges like shares of common stock.
Investments in MLPs entail different risks, including tax risks,
than is the case for other types of investments.
Currently, most MLPs operate in the energy, natural resources
or real estate sectors. Investments in such MLP interests are
subject to the risks generally applicable to companies in these
sectors (including commodity pricing risk, supply and demand
risk, depletion risk and exploration risk). Depending on the
ownership vehicle, MLP interests are subject to varying tax
treatment. Please see “Tax and Legal Considerations” below
and any Fund prospectus by asking your Financial Advisor.
Risks
All trading in an account is at your risk. The value of the assets
held in an account is subject to a variety of factors, such as the
liquidity and volatility of the securities markets. Investment
performance of any kind is not guaranteed, and MSWM’s past
performance with respect to other accounts does not predict
future performance with respect to any particular account. In
addition, certain investment strategies that MSWM may use in
the programs have specific risks, including those associated
with investments in common stock, fixed income securities,
American Depositary Receipts, Funds and the investments
below. You should consult with your Financial Advisor
regarding the specific risks associated with the investments in
your account.
Risks Relating to Funds that Primarily Invest in Master
Limited Partnerships. In addition to the risks outlined above
relating to Master Limited Partnerships, Funds that primarily
invest in MLPs generally accrue deferred tax liability. The
fund’s deferred tax liability (if any) is reflected each day in the
fund’s net asset value. As a result, the fund’s total annual
operating expenses may be significantly higher than those of
funds that do not primarily invest in MLPs. Please see the Fund
prospectus for additional information.
Risk Relating to ETFs. There may be a lack of liquidity in
certain ETFs, which can lead to a large difference between the
bid-ask prices (increasing the cost to you when you buy or sell
the ETF). A lack of liquidity also may cause an ETF to trade at
a large premium or discount to its net asset value. Additionally,
an ETF may suspend issuing new shares and this may result in
an adverse difference between the ETF’s publicly available
share price and the actual value of its underlying investment
holdings. At times when underlying holdings are traded less
frequently, or not at all, an ETF’s returns also may diverge from
the benchmark it is designed to track.
Risks Relating to Funds that Pursue Complex or Alternative
Investment Strategies or Returns. These Funds may employ
various investment strategies and techniques for both hedging
and more speculative purposes such as short selling, leverage,
derivatives and options, which can increase volatility and the
risk of investment loss. Alternative investment strategies are
not appropriate for all investors.
Risks Relating to Money Market Funds. You could lose
money in money market funds. Although money market funds
classified as government funds (i.e., money market funds that
invest 99.5% of total assets in cash and/or securities backed by
the U.S government) and retail funds (i.e., money market funds
open to natural person investors only) seek to preserve value at
While mutual funds and ETFs may at times utilize non-
traditional investment options and strategies, they have
different investment characteristics from unregistered privately
Because of regulatory
offered alternative investments.
limitations, mutual funds and ETFs may not invest in as broad
a spectrum of investments as privately offered alternative
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a private equity fund alongside, but not through the main fund.
In addition to the above risks related to alternative investments,
co-investments are subject to enhanced concentration risk.
to Innovation Investments.
investments. As a result, investment returns and portfolio
characteristics of alternative mutual funds may vary from
traditional hedge funds pursuing similar investment objectives.
They are also more likely to have relatively higher correlation
with traditional market returns than privately offered alternative
investments. Moreover, traditional hedge funds have limited
liquidity with long “lock-up periods allowing them to pursue
investment strategies without having to factor in the need to
meet client redemptions. On the other hand, mutual funds
typically must meet daily client redemptions. This differing
liquidity profile can have a material impact on the investment
returns generated by a mutual fund pursuing an alternative
investing strategy compared with a traditional hedge fund
pursuing the same strategy.
limitation,
impact
investments
that
Risks Relating
Innovation
investments may include, without limitation, first time and/or
emerging managers (defined as funds and/or managers
targeting a total fundraise up to $250 million with flexibility to
include managers fundraising up to $500 million). Innovation
investments may prioritize unique and idiosyncratic innovative
opportunities that may take higher risk relative to return.
Innovation investments may include impact investments,
defined as investments that qualify for the “Investing with
Impact Platform.” Innovation investments may also include,
without
target
concessionary financial returns in pursuit of greater impact,
provided that such investments are expressly requested by you
or specified as an allocation within your IPS.
Risks Relating to Differing Classes of Securities. Different
classes of securities have different rights as creditor if the issuer
For example,
files for bankruptcy or reorganization.
bondholders’ rights generally are more favorable
than
shareholders’ rights in a bankruptcy or reorganization.
Non-traditional investment options and strategies are often
employed by a portfolio manager to further a Fund’s investment
objective and to help offset market risks. However, these
features may be complex, making it more difficult to
understand the Fund’s essential characteristics and risks, and
how it will perform in different market environments and over
various periods of time. They may also expose the Fund to
increased volatility and unanticipated risks particularly when
used in complex combinations and/or accompanied by the use
of borrowing or “leverage”.
Tax and Legal Considerations
Neither MSWM nor any of our affiliates provide tax or legal
advice and, therefore, are not responsible for developing,
implementing or evaluating any tax or legal strategies that may
be employed by the client. The client should develop any such
strategies or address any tax-related issues with a qualified tax
adviser or any legal issues with a qualified attorney.
to Alternative Investments. Alternative
Risks Relating
investments have different features and risks than other types of
investment products. As further described in the offering
documents of any particular alternative investment, alternative
investments can be highly illiquid, are speculative and are not
appropriate for all
investors. For example, alternative
investments may place substantial limits on liquidity and the
redemption rights of investors, including only permitting
withdrawals on a limited periodic basis and with a significant
period of notice and may impose early withdrawal fees.
Alternative investments are intended for experienced and
sophisticated investors who are willing to bear the high
economic risks of the investment. Investors should carefully
review and consider potential risks before investing. Certain of
these risks may include: loss of all or a substantial portion of
the investment due to leveraging, short selling, or other
speculative practices; lack of liquidity, in that there may be no
secondary market for the fund and none expected to develop;
volatility of returns; restrictions on transferring interests in the
fund; potential lack of diversification and resulting higher risk
due to concentration of trading authority when a single
advisor is utilized; absence of information regarding valuations
and pricing; complex tax structures and delays in tax reporting;
less regulation and higher fees than mutual funds; and advisor
risk. Alternative investment products may also have higher fees
(including multiple layers of fees) compared to other types of
investments.
Investment in MLPs entails different risks, including tax risks,
than is the case for other types of investments. Investors in
MLPs hold “units” of the MLP (as opposed to a share of
corporate stock) and are technically partners in the MLP.
Holders of MLP units are also exposed to the risk that they will
be required to repay amounts to the MLP that are wrongfully
distributed to them. Almost all MLPs have chosen to qualify for
partnership tax treatment. Partnerships do not pay U.S.
federal income tax at the partnership level. Rather, each
partner of a partnership, in computing its U.S. federal income
tax liability, must include its allocable share of the partnership’s
income, gains, losses, deductions, expenses and credits. A
change in current tax law, or a change in the business of a given
MLP, could result in an MLP being treated as a corporation for
U.S. federal income tax purposes, which would result in such
MLP being required to pay U.S. federal income tax on its
taxable income. The classification of an MLP as a corporation
for U.S. federal income tax purposes would have the effect of
reducing the amount of cash available for distribution by the
MLP and could cause any such distributions received by the an
investor to be taxed as dividend income. If you have any
questions about the tax aspects of investing into an MLP, please
discuss with your tax advisor.
Individual funds will have specific risks related to their
investment programs that vary from fund to fund. For more
details on these and other features and risks, please carefully
read the documentation (including risk disclosures) relating to
any selected Investment Option, as well as your Client
Agreement.
Investors in MLP portfolios will receive a Schedule K-1 for
each MLP in the portfolio, so they will likely receive numerous
Schedule K-1s. Investors will need to file each Schedule K-1
Also, investors in MLP
with their federal tax return.
Risks Relating to Co-investments. A co-investment is an
investment in a specific transaction made by limited partners of
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accounts are eligible to be related under these policies and
procedures, they will only be related if this is specifically
agreed between you and the Financial Advisor. For more
information about which of your accounts are grouped in a
particular Billing Relationship, please contact your Financial
Advisor.
portfolios may be required to file state income tax returns in
states where the MLPs in the portfolio operate. Since some
Schedule K-1s may not be provided until after the due date for
the federal or state tax return, investors in MLP portfolios may
need to obtain an extension for filing their federal or state tax
returns.
Please discuss with your tax advisor how an
investment in MLPs will affect your tax return.
Tax laws impacting MLPs may change, and this could impact
any tax benefits that may be available through investment in an
MLP portfolio.
Fees
The maximum asset-based fee for your account in the OCIO
Program is 1.750% (“OCIO Fee”).
In
ERISA Fee Disclosure for Retirement Accounts.
accordance with Department of Labor regulations under
Section 408(b)(2) of ERISA, MSWM is required to provide
certain information regarding our services and compensation to
assist fiduciaries and plan sponsors of those retirement plans
that are subject to the requirements of ERISA in assessing the
reasonableness of their plan’s contracts or arrangements with
us, including the reasonableness of our compensation. This
information (the services we provide as well as the fees) is
provided to you at the outset of your relationship with us and is
set forth in your Client Agreement with us (including the Fee
table, other exhibits and, as applicable, this document), and then
at least annually to the extent that there are changes to any
investment-related disclosures for services provided as a
fiduciary under ERISA.
The OCIO Fee is payable as described in the Client Agreement.
Generally, the initial Fee is due in full on the date you open your
account at MSWM and is based on the market value of the
account on that date. The initial fee payment covers the period
from the opening date through (at your election) the last day of
the current quarter or the next full calendar quarter and is
prorated accordingly. Thereafter, the Fee is paid quarterly in
advance based on the account’s market value on the last day of
the previous calendar quarter and is due promptly. The Client
Agreement authorizes MSWM to deduct fees when due from
the assets contained in the account. In addition, certain clients
may select to pay the fees for services as a hard dollar fee based
on equivalent asset-based fee parameters described above.
The fee you pay to MSWM is negotiable based on a number of
factors, including but not limited to the type and size of the
account and the range of services provided by MSWM. In
special circumstances, and with the client’s agreement, the fee
may be more than the maximum annual fee stated above.
In addition to the fee described above, you shall also pay a fee
to the manager of an SMA (which generally ranges up to
0.75%) and/or the expense ratios of mutual funds, ETFs, and
other pooled investment vehicles directly.
B. Comparing Costs
The primary service that you are purchasing is the Firm’s
discretionary management of your portfolio pursuant to certain
program guidelines. Cost comparisons are difficult because this
particular service is not offered in other advisory programs.
Depending on the level of trading and types of securities
purchased or sold in your account, if purchased separately, you
may be able to obtain transaction execution at a higher or lower
cost at MSWM or elsewhere, than the fee in these programs.
However, such transactions could not be executed on a
discretionary basis in a brokerage account. In addition, MSWM
offers other programs where discretionary portfolio
management is provided by affiliated or unaffiliated third party
investment managers and the fees in those programs may be
higher or lower than the fees in these programs. Those
programs involve the discretionary portfolio management
decisions of third party investment managers and not your
Financial Advisor.
You should consider these and other differences when deciding
whether to invest in an investment advisory or a brokerage
account and, if applicable, which advisory programs best suit
your individual needs.
C. Additional Fees
If you open an account in one of the programs described in this
brochure, you will pay us an asset-based fee for investment
advisory services, custody of securities, trade execution through
MSWM, and client reporting. The program fees do not cover:
•
the costs of investment management fees and other
expenses charged by Funds (see below for more details);
•
Accounts Related for Billing Purposes. When two or more
investment advisory accounts are related together for billing
purposes, you can benefit even more from existing breakpoints.
If you have two accounts, the “related” fees on Account #1 are
calculated by applying your total assets (i.e. assets in Account
#1 + assets in Account #2) to the Account #1 breakpoints.
Because this amount is greater than the amount of assets solely
in Account #1, you may have a greater proportion of assets
subject to lower fee rates, which in turn lowers the average fee
rate for Account #1. This average fee rate is then multiplied by
the actual amount of assets in Account #1 to determine the
dollar fee for Account #1. Likewise, the total assets are applied
to the Account #2 breakpoints to determine the average fee rate
for Account #2, which is then multiplied by the actual amount
of assets in Account #2 to determine the dollar fee for Account
#2. For more information about which of your accounts are
grouped in a particular billing relationship, please contact your
Financial Advisor.
“mark-ups,” “mark-downs,” and dealer spreads (A) that
MSWM or its affiliates may receive when acting as
principal in certain transactions where permitted by law or
(B) that other broker-dealers may receive when acting as
Only certain accounts may be related for billing purposes, based
on the law and MSWM’s policies and procedures. Even where
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principal in certain transactions effected through MSWM
and/or its affiliates acting as agent, which is typically the
case for dealer market transactions (e.g., fixed income,
over-the-counter equity, and foreign exchange (“FX”)
conversions in connection with purchases or sales of FX-
denominated securities and with payments of principal and
interest dividends on such securities);
•
fees or other charges that you may incur in instances where
a transaction is effected through a third party and not
through us or our affiliates (such fees or other charges will
be included in the price of the security and not reflected as
a separate charge on your trade confirmations or account
statements);
expenses incurred in connection with these promotional efforts,
client seminars, and/or training programs. Fund families
independently decide if and what they will spend on these
activities, with some Fund families agreeing to make a
substantial annual dollar amount expense reimbursement
commitments.
Fund families also invite our Financial
Advisors to attend Fund family-sponsored events. Expense
payments may include meeting or conference facility rental fees
and hotel, meal and travel charges. For more information
regarding the payments MSWM receives from Fund families,
please refer to the brochures titled “Mutual Fund Features,
Share Classes and Compensation” and “ETF Revenue Sharing,
Expense Payments and Data Analytics” (together, the “Mutual
Fund and ETF Brochures”), which can be found at
https://www.morganstanley.com/disclosures.
The Mutual
Fund and ETF Brochures are also available from your Financial
Advisor on request.
• MSWM account establishment or maintenance fees for its
Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRA”) and Versatile
Investment Plans (“VIP”), which are described in the
respective IRA and VIP account and fee documentation
(which may change from time to time);
•
account closing/transfer costs;
•
processing fees or
(subject
•
(including,
among other
Fund family representatives are allowed to occasionally give
nominal gifts to Financial Advisors, and to occasionally
entertain Financial Advisors
to an aggregate
entertainment limit of $1,000 per employee per fund family per
year). MSWM’s non-cash compensation policies set conditions
for each of these types of payments, and do not permit any gifts
or entertainment conditioned on achieving any sales target.
certain other costs or charges that may be imposed by third
parties
things, odd-lot
differentials, transfer taxes, foreign custody fees, exchange
fees, supplemental transaction fees, regulatory fees and
other fees or taxes that may be imposed pursuant to law).
MSWM also provides Fund families with the opportunity to
purchase data analytics regarding Fund sales. The amount of the
fee depends on the level of data. We also offer sponsors of
passively-managed ETFs a separate transactional data feed.
Additional fees apply for those Fund families that elect to
purchase supplemental data analytics regarding financial
product sales at MSWM. For more information regarding these
payments, as well as others, please refer to the Mutual Fund and
ETF Brochures described above.
Funds in Advisory Programs
Investing in strategies that invest in mutual funds, closed-end
funds and ETFs (collectively referred to in this Funds in
Advisory Programs Section as “Funds”) is more expensive than
other investment options offered in your advisory account. In
addition to our fee, you pay the fees and expenses of the Funds
in which your account is invested. Fund fees and expenses are
charged directly to the pool of assets the Fund invests in and are
reflected in each Fund’s share price. These fees and expenses
are an additional cost to you that is embedded in the price of the
Fund, and therefore, are not included in the fee amount in your
account statements. Each mutual fund and ETF expense ratio
(the total amount of fees and expenses charged by the Fund) is
stated in its prospectus. The expense ratio generally reflects the
costs incurred by shareholders during the Fund’s most recent
fiscal reporting period. Current and future expenses may differ
from those stated in the prospectus.
You do not pay any sales charges for purchases of Funds in
programs described in this brochure. However, some Funds
may charge, and not waive, a redemption fee on certain
transaction activity in accordance with the policies described in
the applicable prospectus.
Conflicts of Interest regarding the Above-Described Expense
Payments and Fees for Data Analytics. The above described
fees present a conflict of interest for Morgan Stanley and our
Financial Advisors to promote and recommend those Funds that
make these payments in advisory program accounts rather than
other eligible investments that do not make these or similar
payments. Further, in aggregate, we receive significantly more
support from participating revenue sharing sponsors and mutual
funds that pay administrative services fees with the largest
client holdings at our firm, as well as those sponsors that
provide significant sales expense payments and/or purchase
data analytics. This in turn could lead Morgan Stanley and/or
our Financial Advisors and Branch Managers to focus on those
Fund families. In addition, since our revenue sharing support
fee program utilizes rates that are higher for Funds with higher
management fees, we have a conflict of interest to promote and
recommend Funds that have higher management fees.
In order to mitigate these conflicts, Financial Advisors and their
Branch Managers do not receive additional compensation as a
result of the fees and data analytics payments received by
Morgan Stanley.
Expense Payments and Fees for Data Analytics. MSWM
provides Fund families with opportunities to sponsor meetings
and conferences and grants them access to our branch offices
and Financial Advisors for educational, marketing and other
promotional efforts. Some Fund representatives work closely
with our branch offices and Financial Advisors to develop
business strategies and support promotional events for clients
and prospective clients, and educational activities. Some Fund
families or their affiliates will reimburse MSWM for certain
Other Compensation. Morgan Stanley or its affiliates receive,
from certain Funds, compensation in the form of commissions
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and other fees for providing traditional brokerage services,
including related research and advisory support, and for
purchases and sales of securities in Fund portfolios. We
and/or our affiliates also receive other compensation for certain
Funds for financial services performed for the benefit of such
Funds, including but not limited to providing stand-by liquidity
facilities. Providing these services may give rise to a conflict
of interest for Morgan Stanley or its affiliates to place their
interests ahead of those of the Funds by, for example, increasing
fees or curtailing services, particularly in times of market stress.
Many mutual funds have developed specialized share classes
designed for various advisory programs (“Advisory Share
Classes”). In general, Advisory Share Classes are not subject to
either sales loads or ongoing marketing, distribution and/or
service fees (often referred to as “12b-1 fees”), although some
may assess fees for record keeping and related administrative
services, as disclosed in the applicable prospectus. MSWM
typically utilizes Advisory Share Classes that compensate
MSWM for providing such administrative services to its
advisory clients. If you wish to purchase other types of
Advisory Share Classes, such as those that do not compensate
intermediaries for record keeping and administrative services,
which generally carry lower overall costs and would thereby
increase our investment return, you will need to do so directly
with the mutual fund or through an account at another financial
intermediary.
Morgan Stanley prohibits linking the determination of the
amount of brokerage commissions and/or fees charged to a
Fund to the aggregate values of our overall Fund-share sales,
client holdings of the Fund or to offset the revenue-sharing,
administrative service fees, expense reimbursement and data
analytics fees described above. Financial Advisors and their
Branch Managers receive no additional compensation as a
result of these payments received by Morgan Stanley.
Please note, we may offer non-Advisory Share Classes of
mutual funds (i.e., those that are subject to 12b-1 fees) if, for
example, a fund does not offer an Advisory Share Class that is
equivalent to those offered here. In such instance, MSWM will
rebate directly to clients holding such fund any such 12b-1 fees
that we receive. Once we make an Advisory Share Class
available for a particular mutual fund, clients can only purchase
the Advisory Share Class of that fund.
In addition, we generally seek to be reimbursed for the
associated operational and/or technology costs of adding an/or
maintaining Funds on our platform. These flat fees are paid
by Fund sponsors or other affiliates (and not the Funds).
Financial Advisors and their Branch Managers do not receive
compensation for recommending Funds that have reimbursed
Morgan Stanley for our costs.
If you hold non-Advisory Share Classes of mutual funds in your
advisory account or seek to transfer non-Advisory Share
Classes of mutual funds into your advisory account, MSWM
(without notice to you) will convert those shares to Advisory
Share Classes to the extent they are available. This will
typically result in your shares being converted into a share class
that has a lower expense ratio, although exceptions are possible.
Subject to limited exceptions, any fees that you pay while
holding non-Advisory Share Classes (e.g., sales loads, 12b-1
fees, etc.) will not be offset, rebated or refunded to you when
your non-Advisory Share Class is converted into an Advisory
Share Class.
investing and negatively
impact
On termination of your advisory account for any reason, or the
transfer of mutual fund shares out of your advisory account, we
may convert any Advisory Share Classes of funds into a share
class that is available in non-advisory accounts or we may
redeem these fund shares altogether. Non-Advisory Share
Classes generally have higher operating expenses than the
corresponding Advisory Share Class, which will increase the
cost of
investment
performance.
Affiliated Funds. Certain Funds are sponsored or managed by,
or receive other services from, MSWM and its affiliates, which
include, but are not limited to, Morgan Stanley Investment
Management, Eaton Vance, Boston Management and Research,
Calvert Research
and Management, Atlanta Capital
Management Company and Parametric Portfolio Associates.
Where you invest in mutual funds where the investment adviser
is a MSWM affiliate, in addition to the program fee paid by
clients, MSWM and its affiliates may also receive investment
management fees and related administrative fees. Since the
affiliated sponsor or manager receives additional investment
management fees and other fees, MSWM has a conflict to
recommend MSWM affiliated mutual funds. In order to
mitigate this conflict, Financial Advisors do not receive
additional compensation for recommending proprietary and/or
affiliated funds. Additionally, affiliated Funds and sponsors are
subject to the same economic arrangements with MSWM as
those that MSWM has with third-party Funds. MSWM’s
affiliates have entered into administrative services and revenue
sharing agreements with MSWM as described above.
To the extent that such funds are offered to and purchased by
Retirement Accounts, the advisory fee on any such account will
be reduced, or offset, by the amount of the fund management
fee, shareholder servicing fee and distribution fee we, or our
affiliates, may receive in connection with such Retirement
Account’s investment in such affiliated managed fund.
Mutual Fund Share Classes. Mutual funds typically offer
different ways to buy fund shares. Some mutual funds offer
only one share class while most funds offer multiple share
classes. Each share class represents an investment in the same
mutual fund portfolio, but assesses different fees and expenses.
Cash Sweeps
Generally, some portion of your account will be held in cash. If
MSWM acts as custodian for your account, it will effect
“sweep” transactions of free credit balances in your account
into interest-bearing deposit accounts (“Deposit Accounts”)
established under the Bank Deposit Program (“BDP”). For most
clients, BDP will be the only available cash sweep. The interest
rates for BDP in your account will be tiered based upon the
value of the BDP balances across your brokerage and advisory
accounts. The BDP assets in your advisory accounts receive
separate interest rates from deposits in your brokerage accounts
and are set forth in: https://www.morganstanley.com/wealth-
general/ratemonitor. Generally, the rate on BDP will be lower
limited
rate on other cash alternatives.
than
the
In
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circumstances, such as clients ineligible for BDP, MSWM may
sweep some or all of your cash into money market mutual funds
(each, a Money Market Fund”). These Money Market Funds
are managed by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
or another MSWM affiliate.
receive regulatory capital and liquidity benefits from using the
sweep program as a source of funds as compared to some other
funding sources. The income that a Sweep Bank will have the
opportunity to earn through its lending and investing activities
in the ordinary market conditions is greater than the fees earned
by us and our affiliates from managing and distributing the
money market funds which may be available to you as a sweep
investment.
It is important to note that free credit balances and allocations
to cash including assets invested in sweep investments are
included in your account’s fee calculation hereunder.
If your account is a Retirement Account, you should read
Exhibit B to this Brochure, entitled “Affiliated Money Market
Funds Fee Disclosure Statement and Float Disclosure
Statement”.
MSWM, acting as your custodian, will effect sweep
transactions only to the extent permitted by law and if you meet
the eligibility criteria. Under certain circumstances (as
described in the Bank Deposit Program Disclosure) eligible
deposits in BDP may be sent to non-affiliated Program Banks
(; this additional feature may provide enhanced FDIC coverage
to you as well as funding value benefits to the Morgan Stanley
Sweep Banks. For eligibility criteria applicable to this
additional feature and BDP generally, please refer to the Bank
Deposit Program Disclosure Statement which is available at:
http://www.morganstanley.com/wealth-
investmentstrategies/pdf/BDP_disclosure.pdf.
Morgan Stanley has added Program Banks to the BDP in order
to maximize the funding value of the deposits in BDP for the
Morgan Stanley Sweep Banks. On any given day, you may have
deposits that are sent to a Program Bank depending on the
funding value considerations of the Morgan Stanley Sweep
Banks and the capacity of the depository networks that allocate
deposits to the Program Banks. In addition to the benefits to the
Morgan Stanley Sweep Banks, you may also benefit from
having deposits sent to the Program Banks by receiving FDIC
insurance on deposit amounts that would otherwise be
uninsured. .In return for receiving deposits through BDP, the
Program Banks provide other deposits to the Morgan Stanley
Sweep Banks. This reciprocal deposit relationship provides a
low-cost source of funding, and capital and liquidity benefits to
both the Program Banks and the Morgan Stanley Sweep Banks.
The Program Banks pay a fee to a Program Administrator in
connection with the reciprocal deposits, but the cost of that fee
is not borne directly by Morgan Stanley clients.
The Morgan Stanley Sweep Banks have discretion in setting the
interest rates paid on deposits received through BDP, and are
under no legal or regulatory requirement to maximize those
interest rates. The Morgan Stanley Sweep Banks and the
Program Banks can and sometimes do pay higher interest rates
on some deposits they receive directly than they pay on deposits
received through BDP. This discretion in setting interest rates
creates a conflict of interest for the Morgan Stanley Sweep
Banks. The lower the amount of interest paid to customers, the
greater is the “spread” earned by the Morgan Stanley Sweep
Banks on deposits through the Program, as explained above.
By contrast, money market funds (including Morgan Stanley
affiliated money market funds) have a fiduciary duty to seek to
maximize their yield to investors, consistent with their
investment and risk-management policies and
disclosed
regulatory constraints.
Conflicts of Interest Regarding Sweep Investments. If BDP is
your sweep, you should be aware that the Sweep Banks, which
are affiliates of MSWM, will pay MSWM an annual account-
based flat fee for the services performed by MSWM with
respect to BDP. MSWM and the Sweep Banks will review such
fee annually and, if applicable, mutually agree upon any
changes to the fee to reflect any changes in costs incurred by
MSWM. Your Financial Advisor will not receive a portion of
these fees or credits. In addition, MSWM will not receive
cash compensation or credits in connection with the BDP for
assets in the Deposit Accounts for Retirement Accounts.
Also, the affiliated Sweep Banks have the opportunity to earn
income on the BDP assets through lending activity, and that
income is usually significantly greater than the fees MSWM
earns on affiliated Money Market Funds. Thus, in its capacity
as custodian, MSWM has a conflict of interest in connection
with BDP being the default sweep, rather than an eligible
Money Market Fund.
If your cash sweeps to a Money Market Fund, as available, then
the account, as well as other shareholders of the Money Market
Fund, will bear a proportionate share of the other expenses of
the Money Market Fund in which the account’s assets are
invested.
In addition, MSWM, the Sweep Banks and their affiliates
receive other financial benefits in connection with the BDP.
Through the BDP, each Sweep Bank will receive a stable, cost-
effective source of funding. Each Sweep Bank intends to use
deposits in the Deposit Accounts at the Sweep Bank to fund
current and new businesses, including lending activities and
investments. The profitability on such loans and investments is
generally measured by the difference, or “spread,” between the
interest rate paid on the Deposit Accounts at the Sweep Banks
and other costs of maintaining the Deposit Accounts, and the
interest rate and other income earned by the Sweep Banks on
those loans and investments made with the funds in the Deposit
Accounts. The cost of funds for the Morgan Stanley Sweep
Banks of deposits through the sweep program in ordinary
market conditions is lower than their cost of funds through
some other sources, and the Morgan Stanley Sweep Banks also
If your cash sweeps to a Money Market Fund, you understand
that MSIM (or another MSWM affiliate) will receive
compensation, including management fees and other fees, for
managing the Money Market Fund. We receive compensation
from such Money Market Funds at rates that are set by the
funds’ prospectuses and currently range, depending on the
program in which you invest, from 0.10% per year ($10 per
$10,000 of assets) to 0.25% per year ($25 per $10,000 of assets)
of the total Money Market Fund assets held by our clients.
Please review your Money Market Fund’s prospectus to learn
more about the compensation we receive from such funds.
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Item 6: Portfolio Manager Selection and
Evaluation
A. Selection and Review of Portfolio Managers
and Funds for the Program
Please refer to Section 4 A. for a complete description.
We have a conflict of interest as we have an incentive to only
offer affiliated Money Market Funds in the Cash Sweep
program, as MSIM (or another affiliate) will receive
compensation for managing the Money Market Fund. We also
have a conflict of interest as we offer those affiliated funds and
share classes that pay us more compensation than other funds
and share classes. You should understand these costs because
they decrease the return on your investment. In addition, we
intend to receive revenue sharing payments from MSIM in the
event a Money Market Fund waives its fees in a manner that
reduces the compensation that we would otherwise receive.
reviews
for client accounts, which
Calculating Portfolio Managers’ Performance
In the program described in this brochure, we calculate
system. MSWM’s
a proprietary
performance using
performance
Performance Reporting Group
information
includes daily
reconciliation of positions reported in the firm’s proprietary
performance calculation system against the firm’s books and
records, and reviewing client accounts & positions where the
calculated returns deviate from established thresholds.
We either rebate to clients or do not receive compensation on
sweep Money Market Fund positions held in our fee-based
advisory accounts. Unless your account is a Retirement
Account, the fee will not be reduced by the amount of the
Money Market Fund management fee or any shareholder
servicing and/or distribution or other fees we or our affiliates
may receive in connection with the assets invested in the Money
Market Fund. For additional information about the Money
Market Fund and applicable fees, you should refer to each
Money Market Fund’s prospectus.
B. Conflicts of Interest
MSWM has various conflicts of interest, described below.
Compensation to MSWM
D.
A portion of the advisory fee payable to us in connection with
your account is allocated on an ongoing basis to your MSWM
Financial Advisor. The amount allocated to your MSWM
Financial Advisor in connection with accounts opened in
programs described in this brochure may be more than if you
participated in other MSWM investment advisory programs, or
if you paid separately for investment advice, brokerage and
other services. MSWM may therefore have a financial
incentive to recommend one of the programs in this brochure
instead of other MSWM programs or services.
Advisory vs. Brokerage Accounts. MSWM and your Financial
Advisor may earn more compensation if you invest in a
program described in this Brochure than if you open a
brokerage account to buy individual securities (although, in a
brokerage account, you would not receive all the benefits of the
programs described in the Brochure). In such instance, your
Financial Advisors and MSWM have a financial incentive to
recommend one of these programs described in this Brochure.
We address this conflict of interest by disclosing it to you and
by requiring Financial Advisors’ supervisors to review your
account at account-opening to ensure that it is appropriate for
you in light of matters such as your investment objectives and
financial circumstances.
If you invest in the program described in this brochure, MSWM
may charge a fee less than the maximum fee stated above. The
amount of the fee you pay is a factor we use in calculating the
compensation we pay your MSWM Financial Advisor.
Therefore, MSWM Financial Advisors have a financial
incentive not to reduce fees.
Payments from Mutual Funds and Managers. Please see
the discussion in Item 4 C.
Payments from Managers. Managers may also sponsor their
own educational conferences and pay expenses of Financial
Advisors attending these events. MSWM’s policies require that
the training or educational portion of these conferences
comprises substantially the entire event. Managers may sponsor
educational meetings or seminars in which clients as well as
Financial Advisors are invited to participate.
Item 5: Account Requirements and
Types of Clients
Managers are allowed to occasionally give nominal gifts to
Financial Advisors, and to occasionally entertain Financial
Advisors, subject to a limit of $1,000 per employee per year.
MSWM’s non-cash compensation policies set conditions for
each of these types of payments, and do not permit any gifts or
entertainment conditioned on achieving a sales target.
MSWM offers its services described in this brochure to
corporations, Taft Hartley funds, endowments, and
foundations, public and private retirement funds including
401(k) plans, family offices and high net worth individuals.
We address conflicts of interest by ensuring that any payments
described in this “Payments to Managers” section do not relate
to any particular transactions or investment made by MSWM
clients with managers. Fund managers or subadvisors
participating in programs described in this Brochure are not
required to make any of these types of payments. The
payments described in this section comply with FINRA rules
relating to such activities. Please see the discussion under
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“Funds in Advisory Programs” in Item 4.C for more
information.
each SPV (as described in the offering memorandum for each
SPV). The Administrative Services Fee is intended to
compensate MSWM for certain investor servicing support
provided in respect of investors in each of these Illiquid Feeders
or SPVs. The amount of the Administrative Services Fee may
be reduced under certain circumstances if reduced, such
reduction will be paid to iCapital Strategies LLC, the third-
party general partner or administrator, as applicable, of the
relevant Illiquid Feeder or SPV.Finally, an affiliate of MSWM
has made an investment in iCapital. As a result, MSWM has
an indirect interest in the increased profitability of iCapital
through the promotion of its feeder fund business.
Payments from Managers of Alternative Investments.
Managers of alternative investments offered in the program
described in this Brochure may agree to pay us additional fees.
We have a conflict of
interest in offering alternative
investments because we or our affiliates earn more money in
your account from your investments in alternative investments
than from other investment options. However, in cases where
we receive a portion of the management fee paid by you to a
manager of an alternative investment and we charge a program
fee under the program in this Brochure, we credit such fee to
your account (excluding
the program participation and
administrative service fees described below, as applicable).
Also, we do not share this money with your Financial Advisor
(i.e. the compensation we pay to your Financial Advisor is not
affected by the payments we receive from the alternative
investments). Therefore, your Financial Advisor does not
have a resulting incentive to buy alternative investments in your
account, or to buy certain alternative investments rather than
other alternative investments in any of the program in this
Brochure.
Morgan Stanley Alternatives Secondaries
- Qualified
Matching Service (“Alts QMS”). Alts QMS is a tool to assist
clients in (A) identifying potential bids (“Bids”) from potential
buyers for both organized liquidity events (“Liquidity Events”)
and postings (“QMS Transactions,” together with Liquidity
Events, “Transactions”) of interests (“Securities”) in eligible
alternative investment funds, and (B) identifying potential
indications of interest (“IOIs”) to sell Securities from potential
sellers. Alts QMS is made available to clients by Morgan
Stanley Wealth Management via a service provider. Sellers
will not be charged any commissions in connection with a
Transaction effected through the Alts QMS. The buyer will
pay commissions to the service provider, and Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management may receive a portion of any such
commissions charged on a Transaction.
the aggregate net asset value of
HedgePremier Program Participation Fees. If you make an
investment in a HedgePremier Feeder as a consulting client,
you will be subject to a program participation fee (“Program
Participation Fee”), a portion of which will be paid to MSWM
or its affiliate as an ongoing administrative servicing fee (the
“HedgePremier Administrative Servicing Fee”). Such
HedgePremier Administrative Servicing Fee is intended to
compensate MSWM for certain investor servicing support
provided in respect of investors in the HedgePremier Feeder.
the
Depending on
HedgePremier Feeders, MSWM will receive a HedgePremier
Administrative Servicing Fee of up to 0.10% per annum from
investors with an aggregate amount invested in HedgePremier
Feeders (minus redemptions or withdrawals) (the “Aggregate
Invested”) of less than $5,000,000. MSWM will not receive a
HedgePremier Administrative Servicing Fee from any investor
in a HedgePremier Feeder with an Aggregate Invested of
$5,000,000 or greater, although such investment will still be
subject to the applicable Program Participation Fee. The
Program Participation Fee and, as such, the HedgePremier
Administrative Servicing Fee, are not charged to certain
retirement accounts. While you remain in the programs in this
Brochure, your Financial Advisor will not receive any portion
of the HedgePremier Administrative Servicing Fee.
Oversubscripton Policy. From time to time, MSWM may
have limited access to opportunities to place clients in, or
recommend client to, alternative investments, particularly in the
case of certain private equity and real estate opportunities.
Under these circumstances, when MSWM aggregate client
subscriptions for an alternative investment exceed the capacity
given to MSWM by the alternative investment manager, the
alternative investment will be oversubscribed. Where an
alternative investment is oversubscribed, MSWM will reduce
MSWM employee orders in the first instance as a general matter
which may result
in MSWM reducing an employee’s
commitment to the oversubscribed alternative investment to
zero. If the alternative investment remains oversubscribed
after a reduction in employee orders, MSWM will reduce client
orders on a pro rata basis to address the oversubscription of the
alternative investment until MSWM capacity is met. MSWM
is not required to allot or prioritize a client for any additional
capacity that may become available following the client’s
subscription for your reduced amount in such alternative
investment. MSWM may change its policy to ensure that the
process, as it relates to its advisory clients, remains fair,
equitable and consistent with its fiduciary duty to such clients.
Affiliate Acting as Portfolio Manager. Where permitted by
law, and except for plan accounts, an affiliate of MSWM may
have been selected to act as the manager for one or more your
investments. Where this occurs, we or our affiliates earn more
money than from other investment options. These relationships
create a conflict of interest for us or our affiliates, as there is a
financial incentive to recommend the investments. We address
this conflict of interest by disclosing it to you and by requiring
your consent.
Platform Sponsor Fees and Administrative Servicing Fees –
Illiquid Feeders and SPVs. If you make an investment in a
private equity, private credit or private real estate feeder fund
(the “Illiquid Feeders”) established by an affiliate of
Institutional Capital Network, Inc. (“iCapital”), MSWM be
paid an Administrative Servicing Fee of up to 0.08% per annum
of the applicable fee base (as described in the offering
memorandum for each Illiquid Feeder). If you make an
investment in a special purpose vehicle established to acquire a
particular underlying security or group of related securities or
other assets (“SPV”), established by an affiliate of iCapital,
MSWM will be paid a one-time/up-front Administrative
Servicing Fee up to 0.25% of your commitment amount for
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and range of clients to which such services are rendered is such
that it would be inadvisable to exclude categorically all of these
companies from an account. Accordingly, it is likely that
securities in an account will include some of the securities of
companies for which MSWM, investment managers and their
affiliates or an affiliate performs investment banking or other
services.
MSWM as Placement Agent. MSWM also acts as placement
agent for certain alternative
investments whereby such
investments are available through MSWM on a non-advisory
basis. When an alternative investment is purchased on a
placement basis, different terms and conditions, including
different fee arrangements, may apply. For example, when a
client invests on a placement basis, they do not pay an ongoing
advisory fee, however, they pay an upfront placement fee and
the program manager receives a higher program participation
fee which is shared with MSWM and its Financial Advisors. A
Client investing on an advisory basis may pay higher fees, in
the aggregate, than if such investment had been made on a
placement basis.
Restrictions on Securities Transactions. There may be periods
during which MSWM or investment managers are not
permitted to initiate or recommend certain types of transactions
in the securities of issuers for which MSWM or one of its
affiliates is performing broker-dealer or investment banking
services or has confidential or material non-public information.
Furthermore, in certain investment advisory programs, MSWM
may be compelled to forgo trading in, or providing advice
regarding, Morgan Stanley securities, and in certain related
securities. These restrictions may adversely impact your
account performance.
Different Advice.
MSWM and its affiliates may give
different advice, take different action, receive more or less
compensation, or hold or deal in different securities for any
other party, client or account (including their own accounts or
those of their affiliates) from the advice given, actions taken,
compensation received or securities held or dealt for your
account.
MSWM, the managers and their affiliates may also develop
analyses and/or evaluations of securities sold in a program
described in this brochure, as well as buy and sell interests in
securities on behalf of its proprietary or client accounts. These
analyses, evaluations and purchase and sale activities are
proprietary and confidential, and MSWM will not disclose them
to clients. MSWM may not be able to act, in respect of clients’
account, on any such information, analyses or evaluations.
MSWM, investment managers and their affiliates are not
obligated to effect any transaction that MSWM or a manager or
any of their affiliates believe would violate federal or state law,
or the regulations of any regulatory or self-regulatory body.
Trading or Issuing Securities in, or Linked to Securities in,
Client Accounts. MSWM and its affiliates may provide bids
and offers, and may act as principal market maker, in respect of
the same securities held in client accounts. MSWM, the
investment managers in its programs, and their affiliates and
employees may hold a position (long or short) in the same
securities held in client accounts. MS & Co. and/or its affiliates
are regular issuers of traded financial instruments linked to
securities that may be purchased in client accounts. From time
to time, the trading of MSWM, a manager or their affiliates –
both for their proprietary accounts and for client accounts – may
be detrimental to securities held by a client and thus create a
conflict of interest between those trades and the investment
advisory services that MSWM provides to you. We address
this conflict by disclosing it to you.
Research Reports. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS & Co.”)
does business with companies covered by its research groups.
Furthermore, MS & Co and its affiliates may hold a trading
position (long or short) in., the securities of companies subject
to such research. Therefore, MS & Co. has a conflict of interest
that could affect the objectivity of its research reports.
random allocation or
rotation allocation).
trading systems
Trade Allocations. MSWM may aggregate the securities to be
sold or purchased for more than one client to obtain favorable
execution to the extent permitted by law. Trades may then be
allocated in a manner that is equitable and consistent with
MSWM’s fiduciary duty to its clients (including pro rata
allocation,
Allocation methods vary depending on various factors
(including the type of investment, the number of shares
purchased or sold, the size of the accounts, and the amount of
available cash or the size of an existing position in an account).
The price to each client is the average price for the aggregate
order.
Certain Trading Systems. MSWM may effect trades or
securities lending transactions on behalf of client accounts
through exchanges, electronic communication networks or
other alternative
(“Trading Systems”),
including Trading Systems with respect to which MSWM or its
affiliates may have a direct or indirect ownership interest or the
right to appoint a board member or observer. If MSWM
directly or indirectly effects client trades through Trading
Systems in which MSWM or its affiliates have an ownership
interest, MSWM or its affiliates may receive an indirect
economic benefit based on their ownership interest. In addition,
subject at all times to best execution for its customers’ orders,
it is contemplated that MSWM will route certain customer order
flow to its affiliates.
Currently, MSWM or its affiliates own equity interests (or
interests convertible into equity) of 5% or more in certain
Trading Systems or their parent companies and/or have a
member of the Board of certain trading systems (or their parent
including (1) MEMX Holdings LLC; (2)
companies),,
Services Provided to Other Clients. MSWM, investment
managers and their affiliates provide a variety of services
(including research, brokerage, asset management, trading,
lending and investment banking services) for each other and for
various clients, including issuers of securities that MSWM may
recommend for purchase or sale by clients or are otherwise held
in client accounts, and investment management firms in the
programs described in this brochure. MS & Co., investment
managers and their affiliates receive compensation and fees in
connection with these services. MSWM believes that the nature
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result
in exchanges,
OTCDeriv; (3) EOS Precious Metals Limited; (4) CreditDeiv
Limited; (5) FXGLOBALCLEAR; (6) Yensai.com Co., Ltd;
(7) Octaura Holdings LLC (8) Copeland Markets LLC; and (9)
ICE Clear Credit LLC.
Certain Trading Systems offer cash credits for orders that
provide liquidity to their books and charge explicit fees for
orders that extract liquidity from their books. From time to time,
the amount of credits that MSWM and/or MS & Co. receive
from one or more Trading System may exceed the amount that
is charged. Under these limited circumstances, such payments
would constitute payment for order flow.
issuer. Also, in the event of corporate actions with respect to
securities held in client accounts, to the extent such corporate
actions
tender offers or similar
transactions, MSWM and/or its affiliates may participate in
and/or advise on such transactions and receive compensation.
The interest of MSWM’s affiliates in these corporate actions
may conflict with the interest of MSWM clients. In addition,
where an affiliate of MSWM is representing or advising the
issuer in a transaction, the interest of the issuer may conflict
with client interests and create a potential conflict of interest for
MSWM. MSWM also provides various services to issuers,
their affiliates and insiders, including but not limited to, stock
plan services and financial education for which MSWM
receives compensation.
C. Financial Advisors Acting as Portfolio
Managers
Description of Advisory Services
See Item 4.A above for a description of the services offered in
the programs described in this brochure.
Certain Trading Systems through which MSWM and/or MS &
Co. may directly or indirectly effect client trades execute
transactions on a “blind” basis, so that a party to a transaction
does not know the identity of the counterparty to the
transaction. It is possible that an order for a client account that
is executed through such a Trading System could be
automatically matched with a counterparty that is (i) another
investment advisory or brokerage client of MSWM or one of its
affiliates or (ii) MSWM or one of its affiliates acting for its own
proprietary accounts.
Affiliated Sweep Investments. MSWM has a conflict of
interest in selecting or recommending BDP or Money Market
Funds as the Sweep Investment. See Item 4.C above for more
information.
in Underwriting Syndicate; MSWM
MSWM Affiliate
Distribution of Securities; Other Relationships with Security
Issuers. If an affiliate of MSWM is a member of the
underwriting syndicate from which a security is purchased, we
or our affiliates may directly or indirectly benefit from such
purchase. If MSWM participates in the distribution of new issue
securities that are purchased for a client’s account, MSWM will
receive a fee, to be paid by the issuing corporation to the
underwriters of the securities and ultimately to MSWM, which
will be deemed additional compensation to us, if received by
us.
including
Performance-Based Fees
In limited circumstances, MSWM has entered into
performance fee arrangements with qualified MSFO
clients. Such fee arrangements are subject to individual
negotiation with each such client. Because Financial
Advisors manage accounts with different fee schedules,
the Financial Advisor has an incentive to favor clients or
accounts with a performance-based fee over other clients
or accounts and to make investments that are beyond a
client’s risk tolerance and investment objectives in order
to generate excess returns and thereby increase the
performance-based fees. To address these conflicts of
interest, we have adopted policies and procedures
reasonably designed to ensure that allocation decisions
are not influenced by fee arrangements and investment
opportunities will be allocated in a manner that we believe
to be consistent with our obligations as an investment
adviser and reasonably designed to ensure that we solely
recommend investments that are consistent with each
client’s risk tolerance and investment objectives.
Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
MSWM Financial Advisors in the program described in this
brochure may use any investment strategy when providing
investment advice to you. Financial Advisors may use asset
allocation recommendations of the MSWM Global Investment
Committee (the “MSWM GIC”), the OCIO Investment
Committee (the “OCIO Committee”) or the MSFO Investment
Committee (the “MSFO Committee”) as a resource but, if so,
there is no guarantee that any strategy will in fact mirror or track
these recommendations. The OCIO and MSFO Committees
are composed of various MSWM investment professionals.
The recommendations of the OCIO and MSFO Committees
will be targeted to the OCIO program and may at times differ
from the recommendations of the MSWM GIC. Investing in
MSWM and/or its affiliates have a variety of relationships with,
and provide a variety of services to, issuers of securities
recommended for client accounts,
investment
banking, corporate advisory and services, underwriting,
consulting, and brokerage relationships. As a result of these
relationships with an issuer, MSWM or its affiliates may
directly or indirectly benefit from a client’s purchase or sale of
a security of the issuer. For example, MSWM or its affiliates
may provide hedging services for compensation to issuers of
structured investments (such as structured notes) recommended
for client accounts. In such a case, MSWM or its affiliates could
benefit if a client account purchased such an instrument, or sold
such an instrument to another purchaser in lieu of selling or
redeeming the instrument back to the issuer, as such
transactions could result in the issuer of the instrument
continuing to pay MSWM or its affiliates fees or other
compensation for the hedging services related to such
instrument. Similarly, if the hedging service with respect to
such an instrument is not profitable for MSWM or its affiliates,
MSWM or its affiliates may benefit if MSWM’s client accounts
holding such instruments sold or redeemed them back to the
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securities involves risk of loss that you should be prepared to
bear.
Policies and Procedures Relating to Voting Client
Securities
If you have an OCIO account you may elect to:
• Retain authority and responsibility to vote proxies for
your account or
• Delegate discretion to vote proxies to a third party
(other than MSWM).
inadvertently charged fees in excess of what was disclosed
to and agreed to by their clients. The SEC also found that
MSWM failed to comply with requirements regarding
annual surprise custody examinations for the years 2011 and
2012, did not maintain certain client contracts, and failed to
adopt and implement written compliance policies and
procedures reasonably designed to prevent violations of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”).
The SEC found that, in relation to the foregoing, MSWM
willfully violated certain sections of the Advisers Act. In
determining to accept the offer resulting in the January 2017
Order, the SEC considered the remedial efforts promptly
MSWM consented, without
undertaken by MSWM.
admitting or denying the findings, to a censure, to cease and
desist from committing or causing future violations, to
certain undertakings related to fee billing, books and records
and client notices and to pay a civil penalty of $13,000,000.
Unless you delegate discretion to a third party to vote proxies,
we will forward to you, or your designee, any proxy materials
that we receive for securities in your account. We cannot
advise you on any particular proxy solicitation
We will not provide advice or take action with respect to legal
proceedings (including bankruptcies) relating to the securities
in your account, except to the extent required by law.
Item 7: Client Information Provided to
Portfolio Managers
Your Financial Advisor has access to the information you
provide at - and subsequent to - account opening (the “Client
Information”), including, but not limited to, your name,
address, contact information, transaction detail, information
regarding your investment objectives, financial information,
risk tolerance, and any reasonable restrictions you may impose
on management of your account. This includes information in
the client profile and investment questionnaire you complete (or
your Financial Advisor completes for you) as part of the
account opening process.
Item 8: Client Contact with Portfolio
• On February 14, 2017, the SEC entered into a settlement
order with MSWM settling an administrative action. The
SEC found that from March 2010 through July 2015,
MSWM solicited approximately 600 non-discretionary
advisory accounts to purchase one or more of eight single
inverse exchange traded funds (“SIETFs”), without fully
complying with its internal written compliance policies and
procedures related to these SIETFs, which among other
things required that clients execute a disclosure notice,
describing the SIETF’s features and risks, prior
to
purchasing them, for MSWM to maintain the notice, and for
subsequent related reviews to be performed. The SEC
found that, despite being aware of deficiencies with its
compliance and documentation of the policy requirements,
MSWM did not conduct a comprehensive analysis to identify
and correct past failures where the disclosure notices may not
have been obtained and to prevent future violations from
occurring. The SEC found that, in relation to the foregoing,
MSWM willfully violated section 206(4) of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 and Rule 206(4)-7 thereunder.
MSWM admitted to certain facts and consented to a censure,
to cease and desist from committing or causing future
violations, and to pay a civil penalty of $8,000,000.
Managers
In the programs described in this brochure, you may contact
your MSWM Financial Advisor at any time during normal
business hours.
Item 9: Additional Information
Disciplinary Information
This section contains information on certain legal and
disciplinary events.
the FA, and reported
the fraud
to
• On January 13, 2017, the SEC entered into a settlement
order with MSWM (“January 2017 Order”) settling an
administrative action. The SEC found that from 2009
through 2015, MSWM inadvertently charged advisory fees
in excess of what had been disclosed to, and agreed to by,
its legacy CGMI (Citigroup Global Markets Inc., a
predecessor to MSWM) clients, and, from 2002 to 2009 and
from 2009 to 2016, MS&Co. and MSWM, respectively,
• On June 29, 2018, the SEC entered into a settlement order
with MSWM settling an administrative action which relates
to misappropriation of client funds in four related accounts
by a single former MSWM financial advisor (“FA”). The
SEC found that MSWM failed to adopt and implement
policies and procedures or systems reasonably designed to
prevent personnel from misappropriating assets in client
accounts. The SEC specifically found that, over the course
of eleven months, the FA initiated unauthorized transactions
in the four related client accounts in order to misappropriate
client funds. The SEC found that while MSWM policies
provided for certain reviews prior to issuing disbursements,
such reviews were not reasonably designed to prevent FAs
from misappropriating client funds. Upon being informed
of the issue by representatives of the FA’s affected clients,
MSWM promptly conducted an internal investigation,
law
terminated
enforcement agencies.
MSWM also fully repaid the
affected clients, made significant enhancements to its
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including certifications
related
policies, procedures and systems (“Enhanced MSWM
Policies”) and hired additional fraud operations personnel.
The SEC found that MSWM willfully violated section
206(4) of the Advisers Act and Rule 206(4)-7 thereunder.
The SEC also found that MSWM failed to supervise the FA
pursuant to its obligations under Section 203(e)(6) of the
Advisers Act. MSWM consented, without admitting or
denying the findings, to a censure; to cease and desist from
to certain
committing or causing future violations;
undertakings,
the
to
implementation and adequacy of the Enhanced MSWM
Policies and to pay a civil penalty of $3,600,000.
to its failure reasonably to supervise the four FAs, who
misappropriated funds from client and customer accounts
while employed at MSWM. Specifically, the SEC found
that MSWM failed to adopt and implement policies and
procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect
unauthorized externally-initiated ACH payments and
unauthorized cash wires. Upon being informed of the
potential unauthorized activity in the customer accounts of
two of the FAs, MSWM promptly investigated the matters,
terminated the FAs, reported the fraud to law enforcement
agencies, and fully repaid the affected clients. MSWM
also conducted a retroactive review of payment instructions
for externally-initiated ACH payment instructions, which
led to the identification of misconduct by the other two FAs.
MSWM accordingly terminated the other two FAs and
reported the misconduct to SEC staff.
On its own
initiative, MSWM instituted new written procedures to
address the conduct at issue and retained an independent
compliance consultant to perform a review and assessment.
The SEC found that MSWM willfully violated section
206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers
Act”) and Rule 206(4)-7 thereunder. The SEC also found
that MSWM failed to supervise the FAs within the meaning
of Section 203(e)(6) of the Advisers Act and/or Section
15(b)(4)(E) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
MSWM consented, without admitting or denying the
findings, to a censure; to cease and desist from committing
or causing future violations; to certain undertakings,
including the retention of an Independent Compliance
Consultant to review MSWM’s policies, procedures and
controls related to the conduct in the Order and to pay a civil
penalty of $15,000,000.
MSWM’s Form ADV Part 1 contains further information about
its disciplinary history, and is available on request from your
Financial Advisor
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
to accept
the order,
Morgan Stanley (“Morgan Stanley Parent”) is a financial
holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of
1956. Morgan Stanley Parent is a corporation whose shares
are publicly held and traded on the NYSE.
Activities of Morgan Stanley Parent. Morgan Stanley Parent is
a global firm engaging, through its various subsidiaries, in a
wide range of financial services including:
•
securities underwriting, distribution, trading, merger,
acquisition, restructuring, real estate, project finance and
other corporate finance advisory activities
• merchant banking and other principal investment activities
• On May 12, 2020, the SEC entered into a settlement order
with MSWM settling an administrative action which relates
to certain information provided in marketing and client
communications to retail advisory clients in MSWM’s wrap
fee programs with third-party managers and MSWM’s
policies and procedures related to trades not executed at
MSWM. In the applicable wrap fee programs, the third-
party manager has the discretion to place orders for trade
execution on clients’ behalf at a broker-dealer other than
Morgan Stanley. MSWM permits managers to “trade away”
from MSWM in this manner in order to seek best execution
for trades. The SEC found that, from at least October 2012
through June 2017, MSWM provided incomplete and
inaccurate information indicating that MSWM executed
most client trades and that, while additional transaction-
based costs were possible, clients did not actually incur them
in the ordinary course. The SEC found that this information
was misleading for certain retail clients because some wrap
managers directed most, and sometimes all, client trades to
third-party broker-dealers for execution, which resulted in
certain clients paying transaction-based charges that were
not visible to them. The SEC also found that, on occasion,
wrap managers directed trades to MSWM-affiliated broker-
dealers in which clients incurred transaction-based charges
in violation of MSWM’s affiliate trading policies without
detection by MSWM. The SEC noted in the order that it
considered certain remedial acts undertaken by MSWM in
determining
including MSWM
enhancing its disclosures to clients, implementing training
of financial advisors, enhancing relevant policies and
procedures, and refunding clients’ transaction based charges
paid to Morgan Stanley affiliates. The SEC found that
MSWM willfully violated certain sections of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, specifically Sections 206(2) and
206(4) and Rule 206(4)-7 thereunder. MSWM consented,
without admitting or denying the findings and without
adjudication of any issue of law or fact, to a censure; to cease
and desist from committing or causing future violations; and
to pay a civil penalty of $5,000,000.
•
brokerage and research services
•
asset management
•
trading of foreign exchange, commodities and structured
financial products and
•
global custody, securities clearance services, and securities
lending.
• On December 9, 2024, the SEC entered into a settlement
order with MSWM settling an administrative action, which
relates to misappropriation of client funds in brokerage and
advisory accounts by four former MSWM financial advisors
(the “FAs”). The SEC found that MSWM failed to adopt
and implement policies and procedures reasonably designed
to prevent personnel from misusing and misappropriating
funds in client accounts and that MSWM’s inadequate
policies and procedures and systems to implement them led
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Broker-Dealer Registration. As well as being a registered
investment advisor, MSWM is registered as a broker-dealer.
solicited in a brokerage or advisory capacity to invest. In
some cases, the general partner of a limited partnership is
entitled to receive an incentive allocation from a partnership.
Restrictions on Executing Trades. As MSWM is affiliated
with MS & Co., its affiliates, the following restrictions apply
when executing client trades:
See Item 4.C above for a description of cash sweep investments
managed or held by related persons of MSWM.
See Item 6.B above for a description of various conflicts of
interest.
• MSWM and MS & Co. generally do not act as principal
in executing trades for MSWM investment advisory
clients.
• Regulatory restrictions may limit your ability to purchase,
hold or sell equity and debt issued by Morgan Stanley
Parent and its affiliates in some investment advisory
programs.
to execute
services
• Certain regulatory requirements may limit MSWM’s
ability
transactions
through alternative
(e.g., electronic communication
execution
networks and crossing networks) owned by MSWM, MS
& Co. or their affiliates.
These restrictions may adversely impact client account
performance.
Code of Ethics
MSWM’s Investment Adviser Code of Ethics (“Code”) applies
to its employees, supervisors, officers and directors engaged in
offering or providing investment advisory products and/or
services (collectively, the “Employees”). In essence, the Code
prohibits Employees from engaging in securities transactions or
activities that involve a material conflict of interest, possible
diversion of a corporate opportunity, or the appearance of
impropriety. Employees must always place the interests of
MSWM’s clients above their own and must never use
knowledge of client transactions acquired in the course of their
work to their own advantage. Supervisors are required to use
reasonable supervision to detect and prevent any violations of
the Code by the individuals, branches and departments that they
supervise.
The Code generally operates to protect against conflicts of
interest either by subjecting Employee activities to specified
limitations (including pre-approval requirements) or by
prohibiting certain activities. Key provisions of the Code
include:
Related Investment Advisors and Other Service Providers.
MSWM has related persons that are registered investment
advisers in various investment advisory programs (including
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley
Investment Management Limited and Consulting Group
Advisory Services LLC as well as Eaton Vance Management
and its affiliates). If you invest your assets and use an
affiliated firm to manage your account, MSWM and its
affiliates earn more money than if you use an unaffiliated firm.
Generally, for ERISA or other retirement accounts, MSWM
rebates or offsets fees so that MSWM complies with IRS and
Department of Labor rules and regulations.
• The requirement for certain Employees, because of their
potential access to non-public information, to obtain their
supervisors' prior written approval or provide pre-trade
notification before executing certain securities transactions
for their personal securities accounts;
• Additional restrictions on personal securities transaction
activities applicable to certain Employees (including
Financial Advisors and other MSWM employees who act
as portfolio managers in MSWM investment advisory
programs);
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and Eaton Vance
Management and its affiliates, serve in various advisory,
management, and administrative capacities to open-end and
closed-end investment companies and other portfolios (some of
which are listed on the NYSE). Morgan Stanley Services
Company Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, provides limited
transfer agency services to certain open-end investment
companies.
• Requirements for certain Employees to provide initial and
annual reports of holdings in their Employee securities
accounts, along with quarterly transaction information in
those accounts; and
• Additional requirements for pre-clearance of other
activities including, but not limited to, Outside Business
Activities, Gifts and Entertainment, and U.S. Political
Contributions and Political Solicitations Activity.
(including pursuant
You may obtain a copy of the Code of Ethics from your
Financial Advisor.
Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc. serves as distributor for these
open-end investment companies, and has entered into selected
dealer agreements with MSWM and affiliates. Morgan Stanley
Distributors Inc. also may enter into selected dealer agreements
with other dealers. Under these agreements, MSWM and
affiliates, and other selected dealers, are compensated for sale
of fund shares to clients on a brokerage basis, and for
shareholder servicing
to plans of
distribution adopted by the investment companies pursuant to
Rule 12b-l under the Investment Company Act of 1940).
Reviewing Accounts
At account opening, your MSWM Financial Advisor must
ensure that, and the Financial Advisor’s Branch Manager
confirms that, the account and the investment style are
appropriate investments for you.
Related persons of MSWM act as a general partner,
administrative agent or special limited partner of a limited
partnership or managing member or special member of a
limited liability company to which such related persons serve
as adviser or sub-adviser and in which clients have been
Your Financial Advisor is then responsible for reviewing your
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typically consist of an ongoing cash payment stated as a
percentage of MSWM’s advisory fee or a one-time flat fee, but
may include cash payments determined in other ways.
account on an ongoing basis. We will ask you at least
annually if your investment objectives have changed. If your
objectives change, your Financial Advisor will recommend a
modification to your portfolio to be appropriate for your needs.
See Item 4.A above for a discussion of account statements,
Investment Monitors.
Financial Information
MSWM is not required to include a balance sheet in this
brochure because MSWM does not require or solicit
prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees per client, six months
or more in advance.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
See “Payments from Managers” in Item 6.B above.
MSWM may compensate affiliated and unrelated third parties
for client referrals in accordance with Rule 206(4)-1 of the
Advisers Act. If the client invests in an investment advisory
program, the compensation paid to any such entity will
MSWM does not have any financial conditions that are
reasonably likely to impair its ability to meet its contractual
commitments to clients. MSWM and its predecessors have
not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition during the past ten
years.
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Exhibit A
Tax Management Terms and Conditions
(These Tax Management Terms and Conditions apply only to clients who have notified their Financial Advisor
that they have elected Tax Management services)
A. INTRODUCTION
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“MSWM”) is the sponsor of the OCIO program. Tax Management Services, as described in these
Terms and Conditions (“Tax Management Services”), are available for OCIO accounts. In order to receive Tax Management Services,
the OCIO client (“Client”) must tell the Client’s Financial Advisor that the Client desires Tax Management Services, and what Maximum
Tax and Realized Capital Gain Instructions (see B. Below) the Client desires for the Client’s OCIO account (the “Account”). In that
event, these Tax Management Terms and Conditions will govern Tax Management in the Account. Tax Management Services enable
Client to instruct MSWM to seek to limit net realized capital gains (which are taxable for many investors) from transactions in equity
securities in the equity separate account sleeve(s) (as well as in transactions in certain exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) and mutual
funds) in the Account”, as and to the extent described in this form. Overlay Manager incorporates the instructions provided on this
form (the ”Instructions”) into the Tax Management Services it provides until Client or MSWM terminates the Tax Management Services
or changes these Instructions by notifying Client’s MSWM Financial Advisor or Private Wealth Advisor (collectively, “Financial
Advisor”).
Please review all Sections of these terms and conditions carefully for important information about Tax Management Services, including
the significant limitations and increased risk of loss associated with Tax Management Services. Tax Management Services do not
constitute a complete tax-sensitive management program and neither MSWM, Overlay Manager nor any of their affiliates, provides tax
advice or guarantees that Tax Management Services will produce a particular tax result. Client should consult a tax advisor in deciding
whether to elect Tax Management Services, what Instructions to provide in Section B below, and whether, when and how to update such
Instructions.
B. MAXIMUM TAX AND REALIZED CAPITAL GAIN INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS ACCOUNT
Client must provide a mandate, or indicate that no mandate is desired, by notifying the Client’s Financial Advisor, per the
Instructions listed below in this Section B. Utilize Instruction (1), (2) or (3) below by notifying the Financial Advisor of the desired
dollar amount(s) for each Instruction. Use instruction (4) below if not Maximum Tax Bill or Net Gain is desired. Carefully review all
Sections of this form for important related information, including the significant limitations and increased risk of loss associated with
Instructions.
1. Maximum TAX BILL Instruction (Based on Assumed Tax Rates) -- Each calendar year, seek to limit Federal tax bill from
net capital gains realized in the Account to the amount specified to the Financial Advisor. Delay transactions if necessary to do
so. For this purpose, calculate tax using assumed tax rates of 40.8% for short-term gains and 23.8% for long-term gains. Because
actual Client tax rates may vary from the assumed tax rates in this Instruction (for example, because of state and local taxes
and/or alternative minimum tax), actual Client tax liability from realized gains may exceed any dollar amount specified in this
Instruction. Please see Section 7 below, for information on possible consequences of Overlay Manager delaying transactions
in order to comply with this Instruction.
2. Maximum NET GAIN Instruction -- Each calendar year, seek to limit the aggregate of net short-term and long-term gains
realized in the Account realized in the Account to the amount specified to the Financial Advisor. Delay transactions if
necessary to do so. Please see Section 7 below, for information on possible consequences of Overlay Manager delaying
transactions in order to comply with this Instruction.
3. Maximum NET SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM GAIN Instructions -- Each calendar year, seek to limit net short-
term gains and net long-term gains realized in the Account to the amount specified to the Financial Advisor. Delay
transactions if necessary to do so. Please see Section 7 below, for information on possible consequences of Overlay Manager
delaying transactions in order to comply with this Instruction.
4. No Maximum Tax Bill, Maximum Net Gain or Maximum Net Short-Term or Long-Term Gain Instruction – Do not
seek to limit the maximum tax bill, net gain or net short-term or long-term gain to specified amounts.
CERTAIN IMPORTANT SERVICE FEATURES AND OTHER DISCLOSURES - The provisions of this Section C apply
C.
regardless of whether the Client provided a mandate or indicated that no mandate is desired, in accordance with Section B above.
1. Limited Scope of Tax Management Services. Tax Management Services do not: (a) affect management of any fixed income
separate account sleeve included in Client’s Account; (b) consider dividends in Client’s Account or any assets, transactions or
other activity outside the Account; or (c) include in tax loss selling any Master Limited Partnerships for which an IRS Schedule
K-1 is sent to the Client.
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2. Changes to Tax Management Instructions. A future change in Client’s tax status and/or other tax-related developments,
including gains or losses outside Client’s Account, may prevent the Tax Management Services from producing the tax-related
effects Client desires and may make it advisable for Client to change the Instructions provided on this Form. Client should
contact Client’s MSWM Financial Advisor to make any changes in the Instructions. Unless MSWM requires written notice
of changes in these Instructions, Client may provide MSWM with oral notice of any such changes.
3. Tax-Loss Selling. For the purposes of these Instructions, “Wash Rule Eligible” securities shall be equity, ETF and mutual fund
securities in the Client’s Account (other than Master Limited Partnerships for which an IRS Schedule K-1 is sent to the Client)
for which a capital loss could be realized as a result of a sale, under the IRS “wash sale rules”. In identifying Wash Rule
Eligible securities, Overlay Manager will consider only identical securities, and only transactions in securities that take place
in the Client’s Account. Overlay Manager will seek to identify Wash Rule Eligible Securities, though it cannot guarantee that
a “wash sale” won’t occur. Moreover, there is no guarantee that the IRS will not view the replacement security as substantially
identical to the sold security, thereby resulting in a “wash sale”. If any net gains have been realized as of fifteen (15) days prior
to the last day of any or all of calendar quarter in any year(s) 1, 2, and/or 3, Overlay Manager will, within the following five
(5) business days and subject to the following sentence, sell Wash Rule Eligible Securities (excluding mutual fund securities),
to the extent needed (and available) to realize losses offsetting such realized net gains. If any unrealized losses are available
as of fifteen (15) days prior to the last day of the last calendar quarter, Overlay Manager will, within the following five (5)
business days and subject to the following sentence, sell Wash Rule Eligible Securities (including mutual fund securities), to
the extent available to realize all eligible losses. If, at any time during a calendar year, unrealized losses totaling an amount
equal to, or greater than, ten (10%) percent of the total account market value become available, Overlay Manager will sell all
Wash Rule Eligible Securities (excluding mutual fund securities). To realize losses as provided in the previous sentence,
Overlay Manager will only sell Wash Rule Eligible Security positions held at a dollar loss that is equal to or greater than $1000
for Accounts of more than $10 million and where the underlying unrealized tax lots hold an equal to or greater than 5% loss to
such lots original cost basis ($500 for Accounts of $5 million to $10 million, $300 for Accounts of $1 million to $5 million,
and $100 for Accounts less than $1 million). In effecting such sales, Overlay Manager will give first priority to selling any
Wash Rule Eligible security positions that are not recommended as part of the selected Investment Portfolio (“Non-Model
Securities”) and second priority to selling Wash Rule Eligible security positions that are recommended as part of such Portfolio
(“Model Securities”). In each case, the position with the largest dollar loss will be sold first (regardless of whether any gain or
loss is long-term or short-term). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Overlay Manager will not sell any position for the purpose
of realizing a loss as provided in this Section C.3, in a Client’s Account with an inception date more recent than 23 calendar
days prior to the last day of the current calendar quarter. This approach may result in (a) the Account’s holdings of Model
Securities varying significantly from the recommendations of the Sub-Manager(s) selected for the Account, and (b) the Account
missing future gains on securities sold in accordance with the foregoing.
4. Wash Sale Rules. Tax Management Services will attempt to prevent certain wash sale violations. If a security is sold at a
loss, the security will not be re-acquired for a separate account sleeve of the Account within thirty (30) days after the date of
sale. If the sold security is, or after the sale becomes, a Model Security, such security will be purchased for the Account after
such thirty (30) day period expires, if it is then still a Model Security. During the tax loss selling periods, Overlay Manager
will seek to invest the sale proceeds in an ETF representing a broad portion of the applicable security market (may be
predominantly or wholly U.S.). In the event that an ETF cannot be purchased without violating wash sale rules, the sale
proceeds will remain in cash. Thirty-one (31) days after the sale, Overlay Manager will sell any such ETF without regard for
any Instruction and, to the extent then consistent with the selected Investment Portfolio, invest the proceeds in the Model
Security originally sold at a loss.
5. Client Withdrawals, Fee Payments & ETFs. If sale transactions needed to generate funds for Client withdrawals or Account
fee payments would result in realized net gains exceeding an applicable Instruction, Overlay Manager will generate funds for
such withdrawals and payments by giving first priority to selling any Wash Rule Eligible Non-Model Security positions that
are not held at a gain; second priority to selling Wash Rule Eligible Model Security positions that are held at a loss (largest
dollar losses are realized first); third priority to selling any Wash Rule Eligible Non-Model Security positions held at a gain
(largest dollar gains are realized first); and fourth priority to selling Wash Rule Eligible Account Model Security positions as
needed to eliminate any overweights in such positions (largest overweights are eliminated first). This approach may result
in the Account’s realization of net gains that exceed an applicable Instruction and also may result in the Account’s holdings of
Model Securities varying significantly from the recommendations of the Sub-Manager(s) selected for the Account. In
addition, an Instruction will not be applied to sales of ETFs acquired and temporarily held at Client direction in connection
with a Client-directed tax loss harvesting. Overlay Manager will not sell ETFs in this situation if the sales result in realized
gains that exceed the Instruction provided by the Client as described in Section B, above.
6.
Increased Risk of Loss. Tax Management Services involve an increased risk of loss because they may result in the Account
not receiving the benefit (e.g., realized profit, avoided loss) of securities transactions and/or rebalancings that would otherwise
take place in accordance with investment decisions of Overlay Manager or MSWM and investment recommendations of Sub-
Managers selected for the Account. For example, if at any point during a calendar year, sales of securities in the Account’s
equity separate account sleeve(s) during such year have resulted in the specified maximum tax (calculated using the assumed
tax rates) or net capital gains, no more net capital gains will be realized in the Account during the remainder of the year (unless
offsetting losses are first realized). This may result in recommended security sale and/or purchase transactions and/or
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rebalancings made for other client accounts not being effected for Client’s Account. Any tax-related benefits that result from
Tax Management Services may be negated or outweighed by investment losses and/or missed gains (realized and unrealized)
that also may result.
7. Delayed Transactions. A transaction that is not effected for the Account when made for other client accounts because of an
Instruction will be implemented for the Account when the transaction is no longer inconsistent with the Instruction, if the
transaction is then consistent with the applicable Sub-Manager’s model portfolio or the rebalancing decisions of MSWM or
Overlay Manager. If multiple transactions not effected because of an Instruction simultaneously become consistent with the
Instruction, priority is given to effecting the largest such transaction, followed by the next largest and so on.
8. Funding Account with Securities. Client may fund the Account in whole or in part with equity and/or fixed income securities
acquired outside the Account (“Transferred Securities”). Funding the Account with Transferred Securities could result in the
Account being invested in a concentrated number of securities. Client understands and acknowledges that when an Account
is invested in a concentrated number of securities, a decline in the value of these securities would cause the value of the Account
to decline to a greater degree than that of a less concentrated portfolio. Overlay Manager will sell each Wash Rule Eligible
Transferred Security promptly after it is transferred into the Account and invest the proceeds in accordance with the Investment
Portfolio selected for the Account, unless and to the extent that (a) the Transferred Security is then recommended as part of
such Portfolio, or (b) subject to the 50% limitation described below, the sale of the Transferred Security would be contrary to
an applicable Instruction. The aggregate value of Transferred Security positions that are Non-Model Securities may not
exceed 50% of the Account’s value at Account inception or any later time a Non-Model Security is transferred into the Account.
If this limitation is exceeded, Overlay Manager will notify MSWM and MSWM will attempt to notify Client orally or in writing
so Client can take action to bring the Account into compliance with the 50% limitation. If no such action is taken and the
limitation is still exceeded sixty (60) calendar days later, Overlay Manager will sell as much of the Account’s Non-Model
Security positions as is necessary to bring the Account into compliance with the limitation, without regard for any gains that
may be realized. Overlay Manager will sell the Account’s largest Non-Model Security position first, then the next largest
Non-Model Security position, and so on.
9. Certain Non-Model Security Disclosures. (a) Account fees payable by Client will be based in part on the value of any Non-
Model Security held in an equity separate account sleeve of the Account; and (b) No discretionary or non-discretionary advice
as to the investment merits of continuing to hold a Non-Model Security will be provided as part of the CIO program and thus
there will be an increased risk of loss associated with holdings of Non-Model Securities—the larger any such holding, the
greater such risk of loss. Holding Non-Model Securities in a Client Account may adversely impact investment performance.
10. Tax Lot Sales Prioritization. When selling a security that is held in two or more tax lots except as provided in Section C.3
above, Overlay Manager will seek to minimize the capital gains tax consequences of the sale (and in doing so may consider
the holding periods (long-term or short-term) of the securities sold).
D.
CLIENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT
Client selects Tax Management Services, as described in this form, for the Account and acknowledges and agrees that: (i) Client has
read, understands and accepts this entire form, including without limitation the Instruction(s) given in Section B above and all risk,
service limitations and other disclosures included in Sections A, B, C and D of this form; (ii) this form supersedes and replaces any Tax
Management Services form previously provided, or tax management instructions previously given, by Client for the Account designated
below; (iii) Tax Management Services do not constitute tax advice or a complete tax management program; (iv) neither MSWM nor
any of its employees and affiliates provide tax advice, tax planning advice or legal advice; (v) the Tax Management Services are based
on, and depend substantially on, information and instructions provided by Client, which information and instructions are the Client’s
sole responsibility; (vi) in providing the Tax Management Services, MSWM will rely on the information provided by Client on this
form, and to the extent such information is inaccurate or incomplete, the Tax Management Services provided may be adversely affected;
(vii) there is no guarantee that the Tax Management Services will produce the desired tax results; (viii) the Tax Management Services
may result in the Account not receiving, in whole or in part, the benefit (e.g., realized profit, avoided loss) of rebalancing and/or securities
transactions that would have been effected if Client had not selected Tax Management Services for the Account; (ix) the Tax
Management Services may cause the composition and performance of the Account to vary significantly from the composition and
performance of other client accounts, including without limitation accounts for which Tax Management Services have not been selected;
(x) any tax benefits resulting from Tax Management Services may be exceeded or outweighed by investment losses and/or missed gains
(realized and unrealized) that also result from Tax Management Services; (xi) Client understands and accepts the Tax Management
Services and their associated risks, including without limitation the increased risk of loss associated with any Instructions given by
Client in Section B of this form; (xii) Client has concluded that the Tax Management Services are appropriate for Client’s circumstances
and (xiii) MSWM may amend these Tax Management Terms and Conditions, or terminate Tax Management Services with respect to
Client’s Account, by giving written notice to Client.
MSWM does not provide tax or legal advice. Any taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayer’s particular circumstances from
an independent tax advisor.
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Exhibit B: Affiliated Money Market Funds Fee Disclosure Statement
and Float Disclosure Statement
Sweep Vehicles in Retirement Accounts
Retirement Accounts generally effect temporary sweep transactions of new free credit balances into Deposit Accounts
established under the Bank Deposit Program.
The table below describes the fees and expenses charged to assets invested in shares of the money market funds in which the
account invests (expressed as a percentage of each fund’s average daily net assets for the stated fiscal year). Note that:
• The rate of Advisory Fee and Distribution and Service Fees (including 12b-1 fees) (whether in basis points or dollars) may
not be increased without first obtaining shareholder approval.
• Expenses designated as “Other Expenses” include all expenses not otherwise disclosed in the table that were deducted
from each fund’s assets or charged to all shareholder accounts in the stated fiscal year (and may change from year to year).
These fees and expenses may be paid to MSWM and its affiliates for services performed. The aggregate amount of these fees
is stated in the tables below. The amounts of expenses deducted from a fund’s assets are shown in each fund’s statement of
operations in its annual report.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (and/or its affiliates) may, from time to time, waive part or all of its advisory fee or
assume or reimburse some of a fund’s operating expenses. (This may be for a limited duration.) Such actions are noted in the
fund’s prospectus and/or statement of additional information. The table below shows the Total Annual Fund Operating
Expenses (before management fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) and the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements.
MSWM expects to provide services as a fiduciary (as that term is defined under ERISA or the Code) with respect to Retirement
Accounts. MSWM believes that investing in shares of the funds for sweep purposes may be appropriate for Retirement Plans
because using professionally managed money market funds allows you to access cash on an immediate basis, while providing
a rate of return on your cash positions pending investment. As is typical of such arrangements, we use only affiliated money
funds for this purpose.
MSWM also believes that investing a Retirement Plan’s assets in the Deposit Accounts may also be appropriate. Terms of the
Bank Deposit Program are further described in the Bank Deposit Program Disclosure Statement, which has been provided to
you with your account opening materials.
The fund expense information below reflects the most recent information available as of December 31, 2024, and is subject to
change. Please refer to the funds’ current prospectuses, statements of additional information and annual reports for more
information.
Fund
Advisory
Fee
Distribution
and Service
Fees
Shareholder
Service Fee
Other
Expenses
Total
Annual
Fund
Operating
Expenses
Total Annual Fund
Operating Expenses
After Fee Waivers
and/or Expense
Reimbursements
MSILF Government
Securities-
Participant Share
Class
0.15%
0.25%
0.25%
0.08%
0.73%
0.45%
MS U.S. Government
Money Market Trust
0.15%
N/A
0.10%
0.10%
0.35%
0.35%
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Interest Earned on Float
If MSWM is the custodian of your account, MSWM may retain as compensation, for providing services, the account’s
proportionate share of any interest earned on cash balances held by MSWM (or an affiliate) with respect to assets awaiting
investment including:
•
new deposits to the account (including interest and dividends) and
•
uninvested assets held by the account caused by an instruction to the custodian to buy and sell securities (which may, after
the period described below, be automatically swept into a sweep vehicle).
This interest is generally at the prevailing Federal Funds interest rate.
Generally, with respect to such assets awaiting investment:
o when the custodian receives the assets on a day on which the NYSE is open (“Business Day”) and before the NYSE
closes, the custodian earns interest through the end of the following Business Day and
o when the custodian receives the assets on a Business Day but after the NYSE closes, or on a day which is not a Business
Day, the custodian earns interest through the end of the second following Business Day.
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