Ms Capital Partners Adviser Inc. (New York)

Name: Ms Capital Partners Adviser Inc.
Address: 1585 Broadway, New York, NY, 10036
Telephone: (212) 761-7160

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

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

Ms Capital Partners Adviser: assets under management

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

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

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Ms Capital Partners Adviser Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. 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 Eric Fry serves?

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

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

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

Careers at Ms Capital Partners Adviser Inc.

The company employs 70 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 54 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

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

Eric Fry has been acting as President since 1 Nov 2007. David Grove Stafford joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Agatha Teresa Ruddy	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2007	Other	2059284
Morgan Stanley	Beneficial owner	1 Aug 2007	75% - 100%	36-3145972
Ms Holdings Incorporated	Shareholder	1 Nov 2007	75% - 100%	13-3862832
Alan Kent Jones	Director and president and global head of private equity	1 Nov 2007	Other	1747074
Eric Fry	Director	1 Nov 2007	Other	1994937
Jennifer Murphy Cattier	Chief legal officer	1 Nov 2007	Other	4175467
Jeffrey Deane Hahn	Chief financial officer	1 Nov 2007	Other	2246182
Jay Howard Mantz	Global co-head of merchant banking	1 Nov 2007	Other	2088508
Stephen Spaulding Trevor	Co-head of private equity, global co-head of merchant banking, chief executive officer, president and director	1 Nov 2007	Other	2270192
Mary Caracappa	Chief administrative officer of merchant banking	1 Nov 2007	Other	1579374
Steven Umlauf	Chief risk officer of merchant banking	1 Jan 2009	Other	2343181
Christopher Leroy Odell	Chief legal officer	1 May 2009	Other	3149189
Jennifer Murphy Cattier	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2009	Other	4175467
Christopher Leroy Odell	Chief legal officer	1 Jun 2009	Other	3149189
Fred Steinberg	Chief financial officer	1 Aug 2009	Other	2171948
Henry Francis D'alessandro	Head of ms credit partners	1 Sep 2009	Other	2502834
Henry F D'alessandro	Head of ms credit partners	1 Sep 2009	Other	2502834
Edmond N Moriarty	Head of merchant banking and real estate investing	1 Feb 2010	Other	1744318
John Joohahn Moon	Director	1 Jul 2010	Other	1875161
Gregory J Fleming	President of morgan stanley investment management and morgan stanley wealth management	1 Jul 2010	Other	2338986
Jason Seth Koenig	Chief legal officer	1 Mar 2011	Other	4914223
Michael Henry	Chief compliance officer	1 Feb 2012	Other	4935884
Peter David Chung	Head of expansion capital	1 Mar 2012	Other	2368467
Matthew William Crowe	Chief legal officer	1 Oct 2014	Other	4469132
Amy Yeung	Vice president	1 Nov 2014	Other	3126143
Aaron N Sack	Co-head of morgan stanley capital partners and director	1 Oct 2015	Other	4233474
Daniel Aaron Simkowitz	Head of morgan stanley investment management	1 Oct 2015	Other	1719867
Aaron Nelson Sack	Co-head of morgan stanley capital partners and director	1 Oct 2015	Other	4233474
David Nathan Miller	Head of private credit and equity	1 Aug 2016	Other	3106150
Mustufa Salehbhai	Co-head private investing legal	1 Dec 2016	Other	5066028
Kara Schiffman Fricke	Co-head private investing legal	1 Dec 2016	Other	6525109
Rebecca Peckham	Chief compliance officer	1 Dec 2017	Other	6778449
David Grove Stafford	Chief compliance officer	1 Aug 2018	Other	6705156

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Morgan Stanley	Shareholder	1 Nov 1995	75% - 100%	13-3145972

Based in New York

The principal office where Ms Capital Partners Adviser Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Houston, TX. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

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