Form ADV Firm Brochure Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

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Form ADV Firm BrochureMorgan Stanley Smith Barney LLCGlobal Turnkey Asset Management Program (“gTAMP”)March 26, 20202000 Westchester AvenuePurchase, NY 10057Tel: (914) 225-1000Fax: (614) 283-5057www.morganstanley.comThis Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Morgan StanleySmith Barney LLC (“MSWM”). If you have any questions about the contents of this Brochure, pleasecontact us at (914) 225-1000. The information in this Brochure has not been approved or verified by theUnited States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or by any state securities authority.Additional information about MSWM also is available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.Registration with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or training.

Item 2: Material ChangesThis section identifies and discusses material changes to the ADV Brochure since the version of this Brochure dated March 29, 2019.For more details on any particular matter, please see the item in this ADV Brochure referred to in the summary below.Changes to the way Fees are Calculated:Effective on or about December 1, 2019, the way your Fees are calculated changed as follows: Fees will generally be charged monthly in advance instead of quarterly.For additional information regarding these changes, please see Item 5A, Fees.2

Item 3: Table of ContentsItem 1:Cover Page. 1Item 2:Material Changes . 2Item 3:Table of Contents . 3Item 4:Advisory Business . 4A. Description of Morgan Stanley, Principal Owners. 4B. Description of Advisory Services . 4C. Customized Advisory Services and Client Restrictions . 4D. Portfolio Management Services to Wrap Fee Programs . 4E. Assets Under Management (“AUM”). 4Item 5:Fees and Compensation . 5A. Compensation for Advisory Services . 5B. Payment of Fees . 5C. Compensation for the Sale of Securities or Other Investment Products . 5Item 6:Item 7:Item 8:Performance-Based Fees and Side by Side Management . 5Types of Clients . 5Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss . 6A. Method of Analysis and Investment Strategies . 6B. Risks Associated with Particular Types of Securities . 6Item 9:Item 10:Disciplinary Information . 7Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations . 8A. Broker-Dealer Registration Status. 8B. Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity Pool Operator, or Commodity Trading Adviser Registration Status . 8C. Material Relationships or Arrangements with Industry Participants . 8D. Material Conflicts of Interest Relating to Other Investment Advisers . 9Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading . 10A. Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading. 10B. Securities in Which You or a Related Person Has a Material Financial Interest . 10C. Conflicts of Interest Created by Contemporaneous Trading . 10Item 12: Brokerage Practices . 10Item 13: Review of Accounts. 10Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation . 10Item 15: Custody . 10Item 16: Investment Discretion . 11Item 17: Voting Client Securities. 11Item 18: Financial Information . 11Item 19: Requirements for State- Registered Adviser . 113

Item 4: Advisory BusinessMSWM will not recommend any Investment Products to anyFI Client.A.2. Due Diligence on Investment Products.MSWM shallprovide you with the results of due diligence that its GlobalInvestment Management Analytics Group (“GIMA”) performson the Investment Products to be included in a ModelPortfolio. However, due diligence will not be performed onany Investment products that are managed or sub-managed byan affiliate of MSWM, including Morgan Stanley InvestmentManagement Inc. (“MSIM”) The manner in which thisinformation is utilized is solely the responsibility of the FI.Description of Morgan Stanley, PrincipalOwnersMorgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley WealthManagement”, “MSWM”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is a registeredinvestment adviser and a registered broker-dealer. It is anindirect wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, theparent company (“Morgan Stanley Parent”), which is one ofthe largest financial services firms in the U.S. with branchoffices in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.In creating and operating a UMA program, the FI willundertake the following responsibilities:1. Implementation and Trade Execution. While MSWMwill provide certain proposed allocation instructions, alltrade execution and clearance shall be to soleresponsibility of the FI and trading will not be donethrough MSWM or its affiliates. Likewise, we shall notadvise the FI on issues with respect to trade execution forany FI Client accounts or provide any custody services tothe FI or FI Clients.2. Access to Investment Products.The FI is solelyresponsible for ensuring that it and any FI Client hasaccess to the mutual funds and ETFs recommended in theModel Portfolios, including the ability and authority toexecute any related securities transaction. Likewise, it isthe sole responsibility of the FI to enter into anyagreements or arrangements with any of the InvestmentProducts’ distributors, which may be necessary in order toaccess such Investment Product.MSWM offers clients (“client,” “you” and “your”) manydifferent advisory programs. Many of our advisory servicesare provided by the Consulting Group (“CG”) business unit.You may obtain ADV Brochures for other MSWM investmentadvisory programs at www.morganstanley.com/adv.For additional information about MSWM, a copy of our FormADV Part I is available upon request. Form ADV Part I is serinfo.sec.gov.B.Description of Advisory ServicesIn the Global Turnkey Asset Management (“gTAMP”)Program, MSWM provides assistance to financial institutions(“Financial Institutions”, “FIs” or “you”) in creating andoperating a unified managed account (“UMA”) program thatthe FI may choose to offer to its clients (“FI Clients”).As part of the gTAMP Program, MSWM will provide youwith the following services:C.Customized Advisory Services and ClientRestrictions1. Asset Allocation Models. MSWM will recommendvarious global asset allocation models (“Model Portfolios”).Based upon MSWM’s capital market assumptions, our GlobalInvestment Committee (“GIC”) defines the assets allocationsthat are used as the basis for the Model Portfolios and adjuststhe asset allocation from time to time as it deems appropriate.The Model Portfolios recommended by us will include one ormore of the following investment products, which may or maynot be affiliated with MSWM (the “Investment Products”):mutual funds, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), and modelportfolios provided by one or more affiliated or unaffiliatedinvestment managers (“Sub-Managers”). A Model Portfoliomay include a single strategy, such as a model from a SubManager or a multi-style strategy that includes a combinationof mutual funds, ETFs and/or Sub-Manager models. Each ofthe available Model Portfolios will represent a different assetallocation appropriate for a different investment objective/risktolerance. A MSWM investment team selects the specificInvestment Products that populate the Model Portfolios. Uponrequest, MSWM may also assist the FI in creating customModel portfolios. The Models will be made available to the FIand it will be solely the FI’s decision as to whether and how toemploy such Models with respect to the FI Clients. MSWMis not responsible for determining whether the UMA programoffered by the FI or any Model is appropriate for an FI Client.Customized Advisory ServicesMSWM will enter into an individualized agreement with eachFI that will take into account any special requirements for itsbusiness that the FI shall communicate to us.Client Imposed RestrictionsFIs will be able to impose reasonable restrictions with respectto the Investment Products to be included in the Modelportfolios.D.Portfolio Management Services to WrapFee ProgramsMSWM does not offer any portfolio management servicesthrough the gTAMP Program on any third party wrap feeplatforms.E.Assets Under Management (“AUM”)MSWM managed client assets of 1,268,850,383,348 as ofDecember 31, 2019. Of this amount, MSWM managed 614,611,490,666onadiscretionarybasis4

For all investments in ETFs or mutual funds (each a “Fund”),FI Clients will also incur fees and other expenses that are paidby the Fund but borne by all fund shareholders owning thesame class of shares (e.g. management fees, custody,administrative services and transfer agency fees, redemptionfees, portfolio transaction execution costs and other fees andexpenses, including distribution fees and shareholder servicingfees). Information about such fees and expenses is set forth ineach fund’s prospectus. These fees and expenses are inaddition to and not included in the Fee paid to MSWM.and 654,238,892,682 on a non-discretionary basis. Theseamounts represent the client assets in all of our investmentadvisory programs. We calculated them using a differentmethodology than the “regulatory assets under management”we report in our ADV Part 1 filed with the SEC.Item 5: Fees and CompensationA.Compensation for Advisory ServicesThe fee for the advisory services provided by MSWM to an FIunder the gTAMP Program described in this Brochure arebased upon the aggregate assets managed by an FI in the FIClient accounts (“Fee”). The fees to any Sub-Manager youselect to provide Model Portfolios is not included in, and is inaddition to, the Fee. A portion of the Fee payable to us willalso be allocated on an ongoing basis to your FinancialAdvisor. The amount allocated to your Financial Advisor inconnection with the provision of the investment advisoryservices described in this Brochure may be more than if youparticipated in other MSWM programs or services. YourFinancial Advisor may therefore have a financial incentive torecommend the program described in this Brochure instead ofother MSWM programs or services.B.Payment of FeesThe Fee and, if applicable, any Sub-Manager fees (together,the “Total Fee”) are charged monthly in advance. The initialTotal Fee shall be due in full on the date the Agreement isexecuted (the “Inception Date”) and shall be based on themarket value of FI Clients’ account assets on or about thatdate. The initial Total Fee payment will generally cover theperiod from the Inception Date through the last business dayof the applicable billing period and is prorated accordingly.Thereafter, the Total Fee shall be paid monthly, in advancebased on the market value of the FI Clients’ account assets onthe last business day of the previous billing month and is duepromptly.The Fee rate is negotiable and may differ among clients basedon a number of factors, including the type of advisory servicesto be provided, the aggregate assets managed by an FI in FIClient accounts, and the Investment Products available in theModels. The annual Fee may be up to 0.40%.If the Agreement is terminated, the FI will be entitled to apro rata refund of any prepaid Total Fees based on thenumber of days remaining in the billing month after thedate upon which notice of termination is received byMSWM or is provided by MSWM to the FI.The Fee rate may be expressed as a fixed rate applying to allassets managed by an FI in FI Client accounts, or as aschedule of rates applied to different asset levels, or“breakpoints” in each FI Client account.C.If you invest in the gTAMP Program, your Financial Advisormay agree to charge a fee less than the maximum fee statedabove. The amount of the fee you pay is a factor we use incalculating the compensation we pay your Financial Advisor.Therefore, Financial Advisors have a financial incentive not toreduce fees.Compensation for the Sale of Securities orOther Investment ProductsMSWM will not include in its Model portfolios any shareclass of a mutual fund that charges a sales charge.Transactions in FI Client accounts will not be executedthrough MSWM or any of its affiliates. As a result, we willnot receive any direct compensation from the sale of securitiesor other Investment Products included in the Models.The Fee does not cover: Execution costs, brokerage commissions or other chargesresulting from transactions effected through third partyexecuting brokers and fees charged by custodians relatedto the custody of FI Client assets. The FI must contractfor execution, clearing and custody services, asapplicable, separately with third parties that are notaffiliated with MSWM. Fees for those services shall beagreed upon between the FI and such third parties. Certain other costs or charges that may be imposed bythird parties that the FI may retain in connection with itsbusiness (including, among other things, odd-lotdifferentials, transfer taxes, foreign custody fees,exchange fees, supplemental transaction fees, regulatoryfees and other fees or taxes that may be imposed pursuantto law).Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Sideby Side ManagementMSWM does not accept any performance-based fees inconnection with the services provided under the Programdescribed in this Brochure.Item 7: Types of ClientsClients may include investment advisers, broker dealers, trustcompanies, banking or thrift institutions, and other financialinstitutions.5

significant investment losses or loss of your entire investment.In addition, there is no guarantee that any investment productor manager will have positive performance or achieve anyinvestment, tax or accounting objectives or track oroutperform any designated benchmark.Item 8: Methods of Analysis, InvestmentStrategies and Risk of LossA.Method ofStrategiesAnalysisandInvestmentB.MSWM assists FIs in developing investment advisoryprograms for FI Clients by providing various tools andinformation that the FI may consider for use as described inItem 4 above.Risks Associated with Particular Types ofSecuritiesAs noted herein, the FI will be solely responsible for thechoice of Sub-Manager or Investment Product. As such, theFI should review the Form ADV Brochure, prospectus orother applicable disclosure document for each such InvestmentProduct carefully.The Model Portfolios that we recommend to FIs are derivedfrom the five model asset allocation portfolios defined by theGIC. Each Model Portfolio is generally constructed ofmutual funds and ETFs, and includes model portfolios createdby Sub-Managed.The following is a general discussion of investment riskstypically associated with various types of investments.GIMA evaluates every Investment Product available to beincluded in the Program. GIMA may delegate some or all ofits functions to an affiliate or third party.Risk Relating to Investments in Emerging CountriesInvesting in the equity markets of emerging countries entailscertain risks and special considerations not associated withinvesting in the U.S. and more established markets. Someemerging countries have laws and regulations that currentlypreclude direct foreign investment in the securities of theircompanies. However, indirect foreign investment in thesecurities of companies listed and traded on the stockexchanges in these countries is permitted through investmentfunds, which have been specifically authorized. In order togain exposure to such markets, MSWM may include theseinvestment funds in the Model Portfolios.GIMA will conduct a qualitative and quantitative review ofeach Investment Product, which will include a review of aFund’s or investment adviser’s complete Request forInformation (RFI) proposal, sample portfolios, asset allocationhistories, Form ADV (the form that investment managers useto register with the SEC), past performance information andmarketing literature. GIMA will also consider additionalfactors such as personnel depth, turnover and experience,investment process, business and organization characteristics,and investment performance. GIMA personnel may alsointerview the Fund’s or investment adviser’s key personnel,and examine its operations. GIMA may also use a proprietaryalgorithm – a rules-based scoring mechanism – that reviewsvarious factors and ranks each Fund on that basis.Risk Relating to ETFsThere may be a lack of liquidity in certain ETFs which canlead to a large difference between the bid-ask prices(increasing the cost to you when you buy or sell the ETF). Alack of liquidity also may cause an ETF to trade at a largepremium or discount to its net asset value. Additionally, anETF may suspend issuing new shares and this may result in anadverse difference between the ETF’s publicly available shareprice and the actual value of its underlying investmentholdings. At times when underlying holdings are traded lessfrequently, or not at all, an ETF’s returns also may divergefrom the benchmark it is designed to track.Thereafter GIMA periodically evaluates the InvestmentProducts on an ongoing basis to determine whether theycontinue to meet the criteria required to be included in theProgram.Material, Significant, or Unusual Risks Relating toInvestment StrategiesThe implementation by the FI of any Models, tools or othercontent supplied by MSWM to the FI does not assure that theFI will be able to generate profit or protect against loss withrespect to its clients in declining financial markets. Certainassumptions may be made in analyses that are used to makeasset allocation decisions. Any change in these assumptionsmay have a material impact on the advice that we provide tothe FI. The projections and information generated by anasset allocation tool regarding the likelihood of variousinvestment outcomes is hypothetical in nature, does not reflectactual investment results, and is not a not guarantee of futureresults. While MSWM provides due diligence information toassist the FI in its selection of Sub-Managers and InvestmentProducts, the decision of which manager or product to selectresides solely with the FI.Investing in an InvestmentProduct may involve a high degree of risk, including risk ofMost ETFs, like all mutual funds, are registered investmentcompanies under the Investment Company Act of 1940.However, ETFs that invest exclusively in physical assets, suchas gold, and are not registered investment companies. TheseETFs will not have the protections associated with ownershipof shares in a registered investment company. For example,these ETFs are not subject to the prohibition on registeredinvestment companies dealing with affiliates, do not have anindependent board of trustees, and are not subject torequirements with respect to, among other things,diversification and the prohibition on the suspension ofredemptions.6

consented, without admitting or denying the findings, to acensure, to cease and desist from committing or causingfuture violations, to certain undertakings related to feebilling, books and records and client notices and to pay acivil penalty of 13,000,000. On February 14, 2017, the SEC entered into a settlementorder with MSWM settling an administrative action. TheSEC found that from March 2010 through July 2015,MSWM solicited approximately 600 non-discretionaryadvisory accounts to purchase one or more of eight singleinverse exchange trade funds (“SIETFs”), without fullycomplying with its internal written compliance policies andprocedures related to these SIETFs, which among otherthings required that clients execute a disclosure notice,describing the SIETF’s features and risks, prior topurchasing them, for MSWM to maintain the notice, andfor subsequent related reviews to be performed. The SECfound that, despite being aware of deficiencies with itscompliance and documentation of the policy requirements,MSWM did not conduct a comprehensive analysis toidentify and correct past failures where the disclosurenotices may not have been obtained and to prevent futureviolations from occurring. The SEC found that, inrelation to the foregoing, MSWM willfully violated section206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Rule206(4)-7 thereunder. MSWM admitted to certain factsand consented to a censure, to cease and desist fromcommitting or causing future violations, and to pay a civilpenalty of 8,000,000. On June 29, 2018, the SEC entered into a settlement orderwith MSWM settling an administrative action whichrelates to misappropriation of client funds in four relatedaccounts by a single former MSWM financial advisor(“FA”). The SEC found that MSWM failed to adopt andimplement policies and procedures or systems reasonablydesigned to prevent personnel from misappropriating assetsin client accounts. The SEC specifically found that, overthe course of eleven months, the FA initiated unauthorizedtransactions in the four related client accounts in order tomisappropriate client funds. The SEC found that whileMSWM policies provided for certain reviews prior toissuing disbursements, such reviews were not reasonablydesigned to prevent FAs from misappropriating clientfunds.Upon being informed of the issue byrepresentatives of the FA’s affected clients, MSWMpromptly conducted an internal investigation, terminatedthe FA, and reported the fraud to law enforcementagencies. MSWM also fully repaid the affected clients,made significant enhancements to its policies, proceduresand systems (“Enhanced MSWM Policies”) and hiredadditional fraud operations personnel. The SEC foundthat MSWM willfully violated section 206(4) of theAdvisers Act and Rule 206(4)-7 thereunder. The SECalso found that MSWM failed to supervise the FA pursuantto its obligations under Section 203(e)(6) of the AdvisersAct. MSWM consented, without admitting or denyingthe findings, to a censure; to cease and desist fromcommitting or causing future violations; to certainundertakings, including certifications related to theimplementation and adequacy of the Enhanced MSWMPolicies and to pay a civil penalty of 3,600,000.Tax and Legal ConsiderationsChanging Investment Products may result in sales of securitiesand subject an FI Client to additional tax obligations. The FIshould urge its FI Clients should consult their independent taxor legal advisor with respect to the services described in thisBrochure, as MSWM and its affiliates do not provide tax orlegal advice.Item 9: Disciplinary InformationThis section contains information on certain legal anddisciplinary events.In this section, “MSDW” means Morgan Stanley DW Inc., apredecessor broker-dealer of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC(“MS&Co.”) and registered investment adviser that wasmerged into MS&Co. in April 2007. MS&Co. and SmithBarney and/or Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGM”) arepredecessor broker-dealer firms of MSWM. On June 8, 2016, the SEC entered into a settlement orderwith MSWM ("June 2016 Order") settling anadministrative action. In this matter, the SEC found thatMSWM willfully violated Rule 30(a) of Regulation S-P(17 C. F. R. § 248.30(a)) (the "Safeguards Rule"). Inparticular, the SEC found that, prior to December 2014,although MSWM had adopted written policies andprocedures relating to the protection of customer recordsand information, those policies and procedures were notreasonably designed to safeguard its customers' personallyidentifiable information as required by the Safeguards Ruleand therefore failed to prevent a MSWM employee, whowas subsequently terminated, from misappropriatingcustomer account information. In determining to accept theoffer resulting in the June 2016 Order, the SEC consideredthe remedial efforts promptly undertaken by MSWM andMSWM's cooperation afforded to the SEC Staff. MSWMconsented, without admitting or denying the findings, to acensure, to cease and desist from committing or causingfuture violations, and to pay a civil penalty of 1,000,000.On January 13, 2017, the SEC entered into a settlementorder with MSWM (“January 2017 Order”) settling anadministrative action. The SEC found that from 2009through 2015, MSWM inadvertently charged advisory feesin excess of what had been disclosed to, and agreed to by,its legacy CGM clients, and, from 2002 to 2009 and from2009 to 2016, MS&Co. and MSWM, respectively,inadvertently charged fees in excess of what was disclosedto and agreed to by their clients. The SEC also found thatMSWM failed to comply with requirements regardingannual surprise custody examinations for the years 2011and 2012, did not maintain certain client contracts, andfailed to adopt and implement written compliance policiesand procedures reasonably designed to prevent violationsof the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “AdvisersAct”). The SEC found that, in relation to the foregoing,MSWM willfully violated certain sections of the AdvisersAct. In determining to accept the offer resulting in theJanuary 2017 Order, the SEC considered the remedialefforts promptly undertaken by MSWM.MSWM7

Different AdviceMSWM’s Form ADV Part 1 contains further informationabout its disciplinary history, and is available upon request.MSWM and its affiliates may give different advice, takedifferent action, receive more or less compensation, or hold ordeal in different securities for any other party, client oraccount (including their own accounts or those of theiraffiliates) from the advice given, actions taken, compensationreceived or securities held or dealt for your accounts.Item 10: Other Financial IndustryActivities and AffiliationsMorgan Stanley Parent is a financial holding company underthe Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. Morgan StanleyParent is a corporation whose shares are publicly held andtraded on the NYSE. Prior to June 28, 2013, MSWM wasowned by a joint venture company which was indirectlyowned 65% by Morgan Stanley Parent and 35% by Citi. OnJune 28, 2013, Morgan Stanley Pa

Global Turnkey Asset Management Program ("gTAMP") March 26, 2020 2000 Westchester Avenue Purchase, NY 10057 Tel: (914) 225-1000 Fax: (614) 283-5057 www.morganstanley.com This Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC ("MSWM"). If you have any questions about the .