Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, Inc. (New York)

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

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, Inc. is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $4.3 billion of regulatory assets for 10 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2005.

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

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, Inc. is $4.3 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 7215% since the beginning of its operation, and $3.87 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $4.3 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $430.27 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients John Joohahn Moon serves?

The only and largest group of clients of John Joohahn Moon is pooled investment vehicles with 10 clients and $4.3 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia has the 2nd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $4.3 billion for 10 clients. 88% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia also advises several private funds. Namely, ten private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $200,000 to $10,000,000.

Careers at Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, Inc.

The company employs 78 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 40 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

John Joohahn Moon has been acting as President since 1 Jul 2010. David Grove Stafford joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Morgan Stanley	Shareholder	1 Feb 2005	75% - 100%	36-3145972
H Chin Chou	Director and head of private equity asia	1 Feb 2005	Other	1729084
Haifeng David Liu	Co-head of mspe asia, president, director and managing director	1 Feb 2005	Other	2378856
Peter Rockwell Vogelsang	Chief legal officer	1 Feb 2005	Other	2062375
Pratish Shantilal Patel	Chief financial officer, chief compliance officer and executive director	1 Feb 2005	Other	2484582
Gabriel Ming Kwan Fong	Executive director	1 Feb 2005	Other	2526588
Scott Sangwon Hahn	Executive director	1 Feb 2005	Other	2524596
Julian Juul Wolhardt	Executive director	1 Feb 2005	Other	2869215
Allister George Morrison	Director	1 Feb 2005	Other	4791504
Ms Holdings Inc.	Direct owner	1 Feb 2005	75% - 100%	13-3862832
Andrew Scobie Hawkyard	Executive director	1 Feb 2006	Other	5106165
Jay Howard Mantz	Global co-head of merchant banking	1 Feb 2006	Other	2088508
Alan Kent Jones	Managing director, head of private equity division	1 Nov 2006	Other	1747074
Arthur Jason Lev	Chief legal counsel	1 Jan 2007	Other	2760145
Carsten Otto	Chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2007	Other	2688833
Jennifer Murphy Cattier	Chief legal officer	1 Feb 2007	Other	4175467
Stephen Spaulding Trevor	Co-head of private equity and global co-head of merchant banking	1 Mar 2007	Other	2270192
Alan Kent Jones	Head of global private equity, director and president	1 Jul 2007	Other	1747074
Agatha Teresa Ruddy	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2007	Other	2059284
Agatha Teresa Pakruda	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2007	Other	2059284
Mary Caracappa	Chief administrative officer of merchant banking	1 Oct 2007	Other	1579374
Steven Umlauf	Chief risk officer of merchant banking	1 Jan 2009	Other	2343181
Jennifer Murphy Cattier	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2009	Other	4175467
Christopher Leroy Odell	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2009	Other	3149189
Edmond N Moriarty	Head of merchant banking and real estate investing	1 Feb 2010	Other	1744318
Gregory J Fleming	President of morgan stanley investment management	1 Feb 2010	Other	2338986
Fred Steinberg	Chief financial officer	1 Mar 2010	Other	2171948
John Joohahn Moon	Director	1 Jul 2010	Other	1875161
Gregory J Fleming	President of morgan stanley investment management and morgan stanley wealth management	1 Jul 2010	Other	2338986
Edmond N Moriarty	Chief operating officer of morgan stanley investment management	1 Feb 2011	Other	1744318
Jason Seth Koenig	Chief legal officer	1 Mar 2011	Other	4914223
Michael Henry	Chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2012	Other	4935884
Matthew William Crowe	Chief legal officer	1 Oct 2014	Other	4469132
Daniel Aaron Simkowitz	Head of morgan stanley investment management	1 Oct 2015	Other	1719867
David Nathan Miller	Head of private credit and equity	1 Aug 2016	Other	3106150
Kara Schiffman Fricke	Chief legal officer	1 Dec 2016	Other	6525109
Amy Yeung	Vice president	1 Jun 2017	Other	3126143
Rebecca Peckham	Chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2017	Other	6778449
David Grove Stafford	Chief compliance officer	1 Aug 2018	Other	6705156

Based in New York

The principal office where Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

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