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Mutual Fund Compensation Search Tool

The Mutual Fund Search Tool allows you to look up any mutual funds that Morgan Stanley has to offer to its clients by searching either by fund name, fund family name, CUSIP or Symbol. The search tool will display the compensation that Morgan Stanley earns on these investments when acquired by its clients in an account held at Morgan Stanley.

Please note that this tool does not provide real-time updates on current Mutual Fund offerings. Updates to our offerings and related compensation will be reflected as soon as practicable after Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is aware of the change.

Since notifications of any Mutual Fund related changes will not be communicated to you on a regular basis, we strongly advise you to access this information through this search tool.

Should you have any specific questions or requests, please reach out to your Financial Advisor, Private Wealth Advisor or call the Morgan Stanley Client Support line at 866-227-7273.

Morgan Stanley can receive Commissions, Shareholder Servicing/12b-1 Fees and Payments from Other Service Providers with respect to both mutual fund positions custodied at Morgan Stanley through a Morgan Stanley account, and mutual fund positions custodied at a third party (including the fund company). Please note, however, that the following types of compensation will apply only if your mutual fund positions are custodied at Morgan Stanley through a Morgan Stanley account. If your mutual fund positions are custodied at a third party, Morgan Stanley will not be paid the following types of compensation:

  • Administrative Service Fees
  • Revenue Sharing

More detailed descriptions of each type of compensation are included below.

Please also note that this tool does not provide real-time updates on current Mutual Fund offerings. Updates to our offerings and related compensation will be reflected as soon as practicable after Morgan Stanley is aware of the change. Results with bold typeface in the initial search results window indicates that changes have been made (e.g., introduction of a new fund, change in compensation to an existing fund) within the last 60 days.

Since notification of any Mutual Fund related changes will not be communicated to you on a regular basis, you must access this information through visiting this search tool.

Please note that if in conducting your search on the Mutual Fund Search Tool a particular fund and/or CUSIP is not returned in the search result, please refer to and review the prospectuses and other disclosure documents for the particular mutual fund(s) for more details on fees, charges and expenses. Further information regarding revenue sharing (including a list of revenue-sharing fund families organized by size of payment), conflicts, the fund fees and expenses borne by you, and how your Financial Advisor or Private Wealth Advisor is compensated is available here, OR here.

Should you have any specific questions or requests, please reach out to your Financial Advisor, Private Wealth Advisor or call the Morgan Stanley Client Support line at 866-227-7273.

Check the box to display changed Mutual Funds and/or related fees within last 60 days

    Commissions

    Morgan Stanley receives a commission for each Morgan Stanley mutual fund sale for purchases made in our commission-based brokerage accounts. The commission is paid by the mutual fund's distributor to Morgan Stanley pursuant to a dealer agreement and the terms of the fund's prospectus. The commission provides compensation to Morgan Stanley for activities that result in the sale of a mutual fund. Commissions vary by fund company, fund category or classification, share class purchased and the transaction amount/breakpoint at which the purchase qualifies (when applicable). The online Mutual Fund Search Tool categorizes commissions as Commissions Earned for A-Class Shares, Commissions Earned for B-Class Shares, and Commissions Earned for C-Class Shares.

    Shareholder Servicing/12b-1 Fees

    The mutual fund's distributor typically pays Morgan Stanley annual distribution and shareholder servicing fees (referred to as “12b-1 fees”) for providing ongoing services to mutual fund clients, including maintenance of client accounts, responding to client inquiries and providing information about their investments. Shareholder servicing/12b-1 fees are paid by the mutual fund's distributor to Morgan Stanley pursuant to a dealer agreement and the terms of the fund's prospectus. The amount of the shareholder servicing/12b-1 fee will vary primarily based on the share class purchased and typically range from 0.25% (Class A shares) up to 1.0% (Class B and Class C shares) of the average net asset value of the fund. All or a portion of these annual fees may be paid to our Financial Advisors and Private Wealth Advisors.

    Administrative Service Fees [Only applies to mutual fund positions custodied through an account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management]

    Morgan Stanley receives compensation from funds or their affiliated service providers for providing certain recordkeeping and related services to the funds pursuant to an administrative services agreement.

    We generally conduct mutual fund transactions with a fund family on an omnibus basis (e.g., we consolidate all of our clients' trades into one daily trade with the fund, and maintain all transaction level data for our clients on behalf of the funds) and perform substantially all of the transactional activities and services that would otherwise be performed by the funds. For providing these services, the funds or their affiliated service providers pay Morgan Stanley sub-accounting fees on a specific percentage payable on fund assets held by our clients per year.

    Revenue Sharing [Only applies to mutual fund positions custodied through an account at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management]

    Morgan Stanley receives revenue sharing payments (also known as "mutual fund support fees") from each fund family's distributor, investment advisor(s) or other fund affiliate pursuant to a mutual fund support fee agreement. The mutual fund support fee is based on a tiered rate that increases along with the management fee of the fund. Revenue sharing fees are assessed on the mutual fund holdings of our clients.