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CIRO licence Unreleased

Holder
Morgan Stanley
Jurisdiction
Canada
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization. It sets out what the register says, what we checked, and what the authority's own rules protect.

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RecordModified Aug 3, 2026

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Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization Unreleased

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Issuing authority
Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization
Holder
Morgan Stanley Fund Services
Jurisdiction
Canada
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

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Our check

What we checked

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Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
Canada
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
Unreleased
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Market Making(MM)
The authority

About CIRO

Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Canada.

Full name
Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization
Jurisdiction
Canada
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
2008
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
23 firms
Regulates
Bond, Stocks
Licences it issues
Investment Dealer Registration
Typical cost of a licence
CAD 50000-100000+
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

CIRO's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to CAD 1000000 (CIPF)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeOBSI
  • Maximum leverage1:49
This describes the authority's regime, not how Morgan Stanley applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against Morgan Stanley. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

Broker
Morgan Stanley Fund Services
Based in
United States
Wikilix score
76.5the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • MORGAN STANLEY FUND SERVICES INC.United States · Reg. 3241876 · May 26, 2019
  • MORGAN STANLEY CANADA LIMITEDCanada · Reg. 1360612 · Sep 24, 1982
Provenance

Where this record came from

Every date below has already happened. We do not publish a promised next-update date, because we do not schedule per-licence re-checks.

Last checked by Wikilix
Never — nobody has looked this entry up yet
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

Answered from this register entry and the authority’s own record.

Most Popular Questions
Morgan Stanley provides customer support via live chat during business hours and email at instfeed@morganstanley.com. Their main office address is 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, and phone support is available at +1 801 902 6997.
Morgan Stanley offers trading in regulated financial instruments including bonds and stocks. Details about other instruments such as forex or CFDs are not specified.
Morgan Stanley offers a maximum leverage of 30. This leverage level applies to its trading conditions but specific instruments covered are not detailed.
Morgan Stanley supports deposits and withdrawals via wire transfer and check. Wire transfers have no markup fees for deposits, but withdrawals incur a $25 fee unless requested online for certain accounts. Check deposits have no fees, and withdrawals processed through advisors have limits and fees for excess transactions.
Morgan Stanley Fund Services is regulated by the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), an onshore regulator in Canada. It holds a Market Making license and offers client fund insurance up to CAD 1,000,000 through CIPF. The broker operates under high transparency and has a complaint mechanism via OBSI.
Licence Unreleased was issued by Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), the financial authority for Canada.
Morgan Stanley holds this CIRO licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
Nobody at Wikilix has looked this entry up on the CIRO register yet, so treat it as claimed rather than confirmed. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding against the licence.
Wikilix rates CIRO tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
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