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Morgan Stanley Investment Management Announces Portfolio Management Changes for Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc.


Published on 2010-05-10 13:25:24 - Market Wire
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NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Morgan Stanley Investment Management announced today portfolio management changes for Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc. (NYSE: APF). The Fund is managed by the Emerging Markets Equity and Japanese Equity teams. The teams consist of portfolio managers and analysts. Current members of the teams jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funda™s portfolio are John R. Alkire, James Cheng and Arthur Pollock. Mr. Alkire, a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Co. Limited (aMSAITCLa), a sub-adviser to the Fund, has been associated with MSAITCL in an investment management capacity since 1981 and joined the team managing the Fund at its inception in August 1994. Mr. Cheng, a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company (aMSIM Companya), a sub-adviser to the Fund, has been associated with MSIM Company in an investment management capacity since July 2006 and joined the team managing the Fund in July 2006. Prior to July 2006, Mr. Cheng worked in an investment management capacity at Invesco Asia Limited, Asia Strategic Investment Management Limited and Munich Re Asia Capital Management. Mr. Pollock, an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited (aMSIM Limiteda), a sub-adviser to the Fund, has been associated with MSIM Limited in an investment management capacity since 1999 and joined the team managing the Fund in May 2010.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, together with its investment advisory affiliates, has nearly 1,000 investment professionals around the world and approximately $262 billion in assets under management or supervision as of March 31, 20101. By leveraging its global acommunity of boutiquesa™ structure and the strength of Morgan Stanley, MSIM strives to provide outstanding long-term investment performance, service and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base, which includes governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide.

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals from more than 1,300 offices in 42 countries. For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit [ www.morganstanley.com ].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful under the securities laws of any such state.

1 AUM excludes the retail asset management business, including Van Kampen, following the decision to sell this business to Invesco Ltd.