Anil Agarwal

Managing Director, Director of Research
24 years industry experience

Biography

Anil Agarwal is the Director of Research and an investor for Global Opportunity. He joined Morgan Stanley in 2001 and has 24 years of experience. Anil joined Global Opportunity in 2020 as an investor. Prior to his current role, he served as the Head of Asian Financial Research at Morgan Stanley, Research Division. Anil oversaw coverage of banks in Asia Pacific ex Japan. As a primary analyst, he covered Indian and Hong Kong banks. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Calcutta University and completed his MBA at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Anil holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Anil is a member of
Global Opportunity

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Strategies

Strategy Name	Description
Asia Opportunity	Invests in high quality established and emerging companies located in Asia (excluding Japan) that the team believes are undervalued at the time of investment.
Europe Opportunity	Invests in high quality established and emerging companies located in Europe that the team believes are undervalued at the time of investment.
International Advantage	Invests internationally in high quality established companies that the team believes are undervalued at the time of investment.

Asia Opportunity

Invests in high quality established and emerging companies located in Asia (excluding Japan) that the team believes are undervalued at the time of investment.

Europe Opportunity

Invests in high quality established and emerging companies located in Europe that the team believes are undervalued at the time of investment.

International Advantage

Invests internationally in high quality established companies that the team believes are undervalued at the time of investment.

News & Insights

Opportunity Optimum

The India Opportunity

07-Feb-2024

Learn why Morgan Stanley’s Global Opportunity team expects to see a broadening opportunity set for bottom-up stock picking in India over the next decade.

Media Appearance

Kristian Heugh in Bloomberg

19-Mar-2025

The Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity Fund, managed by Kristian Heugh, was among 9% of global stock funds that outperformed their benchmark, the MSCI All-Country World Index, while being underweight the so-called Magnificent Seven that drove nearly 20% returns for the index.

Sustainable Investing

ESG Update

31-Jan-2025

The Global Opportunity team shares its annual update on integrating ESG within the investment process, the carbon intensity of the portfolios and company engagement activity.

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Anil Agarwal

Managing Director, Director of Research | 24 years industry experience

Anil Agarwal

Managing Director, Director of Research 24 years industry experience

Biography

Strategies

Strategies

News & Insights

News & Insights

Managing Director, Director of Research
24 years industry experience