MSBVX
American Resilience Portfolio
MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND INC
Expense ratio1
0.70%
Net assets2
$1.33M
Holdings2
27
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
-1.45%

Investment objective & strategy

As of April 30, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The American Resilience Portfolio (the Fund) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. The Adviser and the Funds Sub-Adviser, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited (MSIM Limited), seek to invest in high quality companies that they believe can generate sustainably high returns on operating capital with dominant market positions due to powerful, hard-to-replicate intangible assets - notably brands, networks, licenses and patents - and pricing power, resulting in high gross margins. The Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser also seek to identify capable management teams able to allocate capital effectively to grow the franchise, maintain the intangible assets and sustain and/or improve the returns on operating capital. As an integrated part of the investment process, the Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser assess relevant factors potentially material to long- term sustainably high returns on operating capital, including environmental, social and … The Adviser and the Funds Sub-Adviser, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited (MSIM Limited), seek to invest in high quality companies that they believe can generate sustainably high returns on operating capital with dominant market positions due to powerful, hard-to-replicate intangible assets - notably brands, networks, licenses and patents - and pricing power, resulting in high gross margins. The Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser also seek to identify capable management teams able to allocate capital effectively to grow the franchise, maintain the intangible assets and sustain and/or improve the returns on operating capital. As an integrated part of the investment process, the Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser assess relevant factors potentially material to long- term sustainably high returns on operating capital, including environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, and seek to engage with companies as part of this. Subject to the Funds investment objective, the Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser retain discretion over which investments are selected. In exercising this discretion, ESG factors are not the sole determinant of whether an investment can be made or a holding can remain in the Funds portfolio, but instead the Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser consider potentially material risks or opportunities in any of the ESG areas which could potentially threaten or enhance high returns on operating capital of a company. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Funds net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested in the securities of U.S. issuers. This policy may be changed without shareholder approval; however, you would be notified upon 60 days notice in writing of any changes. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in the securities of non-U.S. issuers. The Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser rely on their research capabilities, analytical resources and judgment to identify and monitor high quality businesses meeting their investment criteria. The Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser believe that the number of issuers with high quality businesses meeting their criteria may be limited, and accordingly, the Fund may concentrate its holdings in a relatively small number of companies. The Funds equity investments may include convertible securities. The Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser generally consider selling a portfolio holding when they determine that the holding no longer satisfies their investment criteria or that replacing the holding with another investment should improve the Funds valuation and/or quality. The Fund may utilize foreign currency forward exchange contracts, which are derivatives, for currency hedging purposes . ? Derivative instruments used by the Fund will be counted toward the Funds 80% policy discussed above to the extent they have economic characteristics similar to the securities included within that policy.

Top holdings

As of Dec. 31, 2025 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
MICROSOFT CORP $106.88K 8.07%
ALPHABET INC CL A $81.07K 6.12%
VISA INC-CLASS A $67.69K 5.11%
COCA-COLA CO/THE $61.24K 4.62%
INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE INC $58.63K 4.42%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC $57.60K 4.35%
S&P GLOBAL INC $53.83K 4.06%
PROCTER & GAMBLE $52.16K 3.94%
AUTOZONE INC $50.87K 3.84%
ZOETIS INC CL A $47.69K 3.60%
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Allocation by sector

As of December 31, 2025 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Sep 30, 2025 → Dec 31, 2025
Opened
1
Exited
4
Increased
20
Decreased
6
Unchanged
1

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of December 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited Sub-adviser
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of April 30, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of December 31, 2025, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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