MBAAX — Global Strategist Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-21
MBAAX — Global Strategist Portfolio. Total Return Allocation · $605.14M AUM · 1.05% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
MBAAX Fund Overview
MBAAX — Global Strategist Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust, categorised as Total Return Allocation. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust
- Category: Total Return Allocation
- Assets under management: $605.14M
- 1-year return: 13.7%
- Ticker: MBAAX
- SEC CIK: 0000741375
- SEC series ID: S000004124
- Share class ID: C000011555
MBAAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Global Strategist Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | 6.51% |
| China Government Bond | 3.80% |
| United States Treasury | 2.85% |
| NVIDIA Corp | 2.71% |
| Apple Inc | 2.25% |
| Letra Tesouro Nacional | 2.21% |
| United States Treasury | 1.64% |
| Microsoft Corp | 1.49% |
| Japan Government Ten Year Bonds | 1.30% |
| Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe | 1.29% |
MBAAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Global Strategist Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 49.9% |
| Fixed Income | 36.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 6.8% |
| Securitized | 6.1% |
| Derivatives | 1.3% |
| Real Estate | 0.1% |
MBAAX Performance
Total returns for MBAAX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 6.7% |
| 1 year | 13.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 12.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 5.1% |
MBAAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for MBAAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 10.3%
MBAAX Costs and Fees
MBAAX costs about $105 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.05%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.05%
- Portfolio turnover: 92%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.68 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
MBAAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Global Strategist Portfolio had net outflows of $7.05M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$1.20M |
| 2026-05 | −$1.73M |
| 2026-04 | −$1.45M |
| 2026-03 | −$1.38M |
| 2026-02 | −$1.55M |
| 2026-01 | −$830.43K |
MBAAX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Global Strategist Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| China Government Bond | 3.80% |
| United States Treasury | 2.85% |
| Letra Tesouro Nacional | 2.21% |
| United States Treasury | 1.64% |
| Japan Government Ten Year Bonds | 1.30% |
| Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe | 1.29% |
| U.K. Gilts | 1.06% |
| United States Treasury | 0.90% |
| French Republic Government Bonds OAT | 0.90% |
| France (govt Of) | 0.84% |
MBAAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Global Strategist Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-28
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-01-31
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-12-09
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-10
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.