Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc. (New York)


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

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

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure: assets under management

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

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

Fees & Commissions

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

What kind of clients Owen Thomas serves?

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

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

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

Careers at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc.

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

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

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

Direct owners and executive officers


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

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

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

Based in New York

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

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