Morgan Stanley Institutional Asia Opportunity Portfolio (MSAQX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
23.66
-0.96 (-3.90%)
Oct 13, 2025, 8:06 AM EDT
-3.90%
Fund Assets130.43M
Expense Ratio1.10%
Min. Investment$5,000,000
Turnover19.00%
Dividend (ttm)0.39
Dividend Yield1.56%
Dividend Growth710.18%
Payout Frequencyn/a
Ex-Dividend DateDec 16, 2024
Previous Close24.62
YTD Return15.53%
1-Year Return11.38%
5-Year Return-11.77%
52-Week Low19.40
52-Week High25.07
Beta (5Y)1.15
Holdings33
Inception DateDec 29, 2015

About MSAQX

The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund's investment objective by investing primarily in equity securities of issuers located in Asia, excluding Japan. In selecting securities for investment, the Adviser seeks high quality established and emerging companies that the Adviser believes are undervalued at the time of purchase. For purposes of maintaining exposure of at least 80% of the fund's assets to equity securities of issuers located in Asia, the fund may also invest in ADRs, GDRs and other types of depositary receipts with respect to issuers located in Asia.

Fund Family Morgan Stanley
Category Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol MSAQX
Share Class Class I
Index MSCI AC Asia ex Japan NR USD

Performance

MSAQX had a total return of 11.38% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 10.94%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

SymbolShare ClassExpense Ratio
MSAYXClass R61.05%
MSAUXClass A1.45%
MSAWXClass C2.20%

Top 10 Holdings

54.78% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Coupang, Inc.CPNG7.97%
ICICI Bank LimitedIBN7.17%
Trip.com Group LtdCLV.DE6.44%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited23305.39%
HDFC Bank LimitedHDFCBANK5.04%
Eternal LimitedETERNAL4.88%
Tencent Holdings Limited07004.65%
Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd.YMM4.46%
Grab Holdings LimitedGRAB4.45%
Meituan36904.34%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 16, 2024$0.38824Dec 16, 2024
Dec 15, 2023$0.04792Dec 15, 2023
Dec 17, 2021$0.21913Dec 17, 2021
Dec 16, 2020$0.3364Dec 16, 2020
Dec 16, 2019$0.0099Dec 16, 2019
Jul 6, 2018$0.09981Jul 6, 2018
Full Dividend History