Morgan Stanley

Founded in 1935, Morgan Stanley is an international investment bank and financial services company headquartered in New York and with offices across 43 countries worldwide. The firm's clients include corporations, governments, institutions and individuals. Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the investment management division of Morgan Stanley, was formed in 1985 offering investment in the world’s equity, fixed income, alternatives and private markets. The firm is a client centric organization dedicated to providing investment and risk-management solutions to investors worldwide. The firm's Global Private Equity Strategy was established in 1986 and focuses on privately negotiated equity and equity-related investments primarily in North America as well as Europe and other regions and seeks to create value in portfolio companies primarily through operational improvement. In addition, the firm provides an investment platform for mezzanine debt and related instruments issued by middle-market companies in North America and Western Europe. Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) is the global real estate investment management arm of Morgan Stanley. Established in 1992, the firm provides acquisition, finance and asset management services. MSREI manages opportunistic and core investment strategies on behalf of its clients, including some of the largest pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and high net worth investors worldwide. Established in 2006, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) pursues a global core-plus strategy by focusing on the acquisition of infrastructure assets with the potential of being turned into core assets. MSIP invests in diverse infrastructure across diverse infrastructure-related sectors such as transport, energy & utilities, and social infrastructure and focuses predominantly OECD countries.