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MFAIX

International Advantage Portfolio

Actively managedEquityOpen-end fund
MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND INC: MFAIX · MSALX · MFAPX · MSIAX · IDVSXHoldings as of Jun 30, 2026Filed Aug 21, 2026

Actively managed developed international stock fund

As of its 2026 Q2 report, International Advantage Portfolio held 33 positions with $2.15B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 63.1% of the fund. The MFAIX share class costs 1% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, MFAIX returned 2.7%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q2 it added 4 new positions and exited 1.

2026 Q2 holdings and allocationChanges are against the previous quarter, 2026 Q1Headline fees and returns use the MFAIX share class
Expense ratio · MFAIX
1%
$100 a year for every $10,000 invested
0.9% – 2.05% across the 5 classes
$2.15B
The whole fund, all share classes
33 holdings
63.1%in the top 10
Weight held in the ten largest holdings
Top 25 hold 95.9%
Return, 1 year · MFAIX
+2.7%
With dividends, to May 2026
3 yr total +27.7% · 5 yr total -0.6%
What this fund is
Objective, as filed

The International Advantage Portfolio (the Fund) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy, summarised

The fund invests primarily in established international companies outside the United States that trade within the market-capitalization range of the MSCI All Country World ex USA Index, using a bottom-up process to identify undervalued firms with sustainable competitive advantages and strong ESG characteristics. The fund typically concentrates a significant portion of its assets in a limited number of issuers, which may be in the same industry, sector, or geographic region, creating risk of divergence from broad international market performance. The fund may invest in China A-Shares through Stock Connect programs and in privately placed or restricted securities.

What you own

per cent of the fund
CompanyWeightValue
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
10.32%
$221.76M
ASML Holding NV
8.96%
$192.66M
Keyence Corp
6.72%
$144.42M
DSV A/S
6.37%
$136.90M
Hermes International SCA
6.25%
$134.35M
Moncler SpA
5.58%
$119.92M
Schneider Electric SE
5.49%
$117.99M
Spotify Technology SA
5.23%
$112.43M
L'Oreal SA
4.84%
$104.07M
3.38%
$72.58M
Showing 1–10 of 33 · the top 10 are 63.13% of the fund, the top 25 are 95.92%

Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-06-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.

All 33 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.

What the fund is made of

Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.

101.48%
of net assets
Stocks99.10%
Cash & short-term2.38%

How it has done

Total return, dividends reinvested · to May 2026

MFAIX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested

1 year
+2.66%
3 years
+27.67%
Cumulative, not per year
5 years
-0.62%
Cumulative, not per year
Largest decline in 3 years
-18.89%
From a previous high to a later low
Cumulative return, last three years· Jul 2023 – May 2026

Volatility over the last 12 months: 16.36%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.

Jun 2026 has been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so it is not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.

The 5 share classes hold the same portfolio

Share classExpense ratio1 year3 years5 yearsWorst fall
1.00%+2.66%+27.67%-0.62%-18.89%
1.85%+1.79%+24.45%-4.75%-19.12%
1.30%+2.38%+26.60%-1.96%-18.93%
2.05%+1.54%+23.84%-5.50%-19.15%
0.90%+2.77%+28.06%-0.04%-18.85%

These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 5.46pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 1.09pp a year — not a difference in what they own.

Fees & fund details

International Advantage Portfolio is an actively managed developed international equity fund.

Asset class
Equity
Region
Developed international
Management
Actively managed
Fund type
Open-end fund
Expense ratio, by class
0.90% – 2.05%· MFAIX 1.00%
Portfolio turnover
13.00% a year · as of 2026 Q2

Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.

Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.

Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.

What changed this quarter

2026 Q2 vs 2026 Q1

Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.

4 new

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc

1 exited

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