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MORGAN STANLEY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN

MORGAN STANLEY DOMESTIC HOLDINGS, INC.EIN 20-8764829Plan #001PY 2016
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1585 BROADWAY, 18TH FLOOR, ATTN BENEFITS DEPARTMENT - NEW YORK, NY 10036212-761-9300
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1 filing
#003Retirement-$9.35B assets
Prospect flagsLow returnsWind-down / frozen

Filing contacts

From the Form 5500, federal record
Plan sponsor signer
JOANNE CERIELLO
Signed 10/13/2017
(212) 761-9300
Plan administrator signer
MICHAEL EISNER
Signed 10/13/2017
Plan administrator entity
MORGAN STANLEY
EIN 810663617
1585 BROADWAY, 18TH FLOOR, ATTN RETIREMENT AND INVESTING DEPT. ยท NEW YORK, NY 10036
(212) 761-9494
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Summary metrics

Total assets (EOY)
$3024.4M
+2.4% from 2016
Total participants
30,261
+3.8% from 2016
Average account balance
$0
No prior year
Annual return
3.67%
-4.43 pp from 2016

Benchmarks

See 30 peers
Peer group
Industry52 - Finance and Insurance
Plan typeDefined benefit
Participants5,000-9,999
Cohort30 peers
Snapshot2016
Participant deferral / active EE
$0
median $76
Employer contribution / active EE
$0
median $9,014
Participation rate
0.0%
median 0.0%
Avg account balance
$0
median $57,821
Admin fee / account holder
$0
median $387
Annual return
3.67%
median 7.45%
Overall peer rank
14th percentileavg across 6 metrics

Analytics

2015 - 2024
Total assets (EOY)
Plan-year ending balance
$2.04B
Average account balance
Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$86K
Participants with account balance
Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.
18,117
Eligible Participants and Participation
Bars: eligible actives (line 6a). Line: derived rate = active employees with a balance / 6a.
0.0%
Contributions (total)
Employer and participant dollars contributed each year
$142.00M
Contributions per participant
Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant
$25K
Not enough data
2 years with per-participant contribution data
Asset flow
BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY
Year
Annual return
Diverging bars; negative years highlighted
-5.27%
Admin fee / account holder
Total admin expenses / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$0
Asset composition
Cash / stocks / bonds / mutual funds / real estate / loans over time
  • Mutual / pooled
  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Cash
  • Real estate
  • Loans

Service providers

Top 6 by compensation
ProviderService typeCompensation
HEWITT ASSOCIATES LLC2+ years
Service code 15 ยท EIN 36-2235791
Recordkeeping
$1,601,951
NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC2+ years
Service code 28 ยท EIN 48-1140940
Investment Management
$1,226,150
BLACKROCK INSTL TRUST CO, N.A.2+ years
Service code 28 ยท EIN 94-3112180
Investment Management
$1,214,123
MERCER2+ years
Service code 11 ยท EIN 13-2834414
Actuarial
$410,400
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY2+ years
Service code 21 ยท EIN 36-1561860
Bank Trustee
$371,381
CROWE HORWATH LLC1 year
Service code 10 ยท EIN 35-0921680
Accounting
$38,160

Enrolled actuary

1 attachment
SB

WILLIAM O'BRIEN

MERCER
Enrollment #1705493
ONE UNIVERSITY SQUARE DRIVE
PRINCETON, NJ 08540
(609) 520-2500
Signed 2017-09-18

Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes1A1I3F3H
Plan features
  • 1A
    Benefits are primarily pay related
    Benefits under the plan are primarily determined with reference to a participant's pay (e.g. final-average-pay formula).
  • 1I
    Frozen plan
    As of the last day of the plan year the plan provides that no participant will get any new benefit accrual whether because of service or compensation.
  • 3F
    Leased employees
    Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees as defined in Code section 414(n) during the plan year.
  • 3H
    Controlled group member
    Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group (Code sections 414(b) (c) or (m)).

Opportunity flags

2 tripped
  • OpportunityLow returns

    Annual investment return is in the bottom quintile of the peer cohort.

  • InformationalWind-down / frozen

    Plan appears closed to new enrollment or frozen - balance-holders far exceed active participants, or the plan reports active distributions with no inflows. Exclude from peer benchmarks.

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II
Admin total
$8.8M
$902 / participant
  • Investment mgmt$2M27.0%
  • Other / not subdivided$6M73.0%
% of EOY assets
0.291%
all-in expense ratio
Categories reported
1 / 9
subdivided buckets used

Audit opinion

Schedule H Part III
Unqualified opinion

Auditor signed off without reservation - the cleanest possible opinion.

Auditor firm
CROWE HORWATH LLP
Auditor EIN
350921680
Audit fees
(not subdivided)
Opinion code
Unqualified