MSGFX — Global Franchise Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-21
MSGFX — Global Franchise Portfolio. Global (incl. US) Large Cap Growth Equity · $1.02B AUM · 1.95% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
MSGFX Fund Overview
MSGFX — Global Franchise Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund INC, categorised as Global (incl. US) Large Cap Growth Equity. 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 INC
- Category: Global (incl. US) Large Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $1.02B
- 1-year return: -17.8%
- Ticker: MSGFX
- SEC CIK: 0000836487
- SEC series ID: S000002830
- Share class ID: C000155893
MSGFX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Global Franchise Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc | 6.43% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 6.16% |
| Visa Inc | 5.51% |
| Microsoft Corp | 4.71% |
| Coca-Cola Co/The | 4.69% |
| L'Oreal SA | 4.65% |
| Aon PLC | 4.58% |
| Netflix Inc | 3.96% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 3.58% |
| Ferrari NV | 3.45% |
MSGFX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Global Franchise Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.4% |
MSGFX Performance
Total returns for MSGFX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -11.7% |
| 1 year | -17.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -0.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -0.3% |
MSGFX Risk Information
Risk metrics for MSGFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 10.7%
MSGFX Costs and Fees
MSGFX costs about $195 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.95%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.95%
- Portfolio turnover: 35%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.80 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
MSGFX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Global Franchise Portfolio had net outflows of $1.07B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$190.27M |
| 2026-05 | −$85.16M |
| 2026-04 | −$89.69M |
| 2026-03 | −$119.59M |
| 2026-02 | −$121.22M |
| 2026-01 | −$120.28M |
MSGFX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Global Franchise Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
MSGFX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Global Franchise Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-07-03
- 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 2026-03-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-07
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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.