William J. Littleton is a Vice President of Morgan Stanley where he serves as the Client Portfolio Manager for the Managed Solutions Group (MSG) of Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s (MSIM) Solutions & Multi-Asset platform. He is based in New York and has ten years of industry experience. 

Prior to joining MSIM, William was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) where he served as a client-facing product manager focused on business strategy, product design & management, capital raise, and quantitative analysis for systematic option overlay, alternative risk premia, and tax-efficient equity investment strategies. Prior to this role, William was a member of GSAM’s Portfolio Construction Services team, where he focused on delivering portfolio allocation and implementation recommendations across asset classes to GSAM clients. He started his career at Goldman Sachs within the Market Risk Management & Analysis group where he was responsible for analyzing and managing the market risks of the firm’s proprietary hedge funds. 

William received a B.A. degree in Economics from Amherst College and has also studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science.