Hong Kong SAR China · Financial institution
Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, branch CLS
Branch code ofMorgan Stanley Asia Limited (MSHKHKHXXXX)
Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by a branch code
This branch code belongs to the legal entity of Morgan Stanley Asia Limited. None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- MSHKHKHXCLS
- Head-office BIC
- MSHKHKHXXXX
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under MSHKHKHX directly.
- Swift GPI · MSHKHKHX
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- One of 6 branch codes of Morgan Stanley Asia Limited
- BIC first registered
- 2002-01-26
- Last updated
- 2018-03-24
Identifiers
Branch record
- BIC
- MSHKHKHXCLS
- How the BIC breaks down
- MSHKBank
- HKCountry · Hong Kong SAR China
- HXLocation
- CLSBranch
- Head-office BIC
- MSHKHKHXXXX · Morgan Stanley Asia Limited
- Branch LEI
- No LEI mapped to this branch. Head-office LEI: 549300KZJFHUSUNKZZ03
Profile
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- Function
- Not stated in the description
- City
- Hong Kong
- Country · region
- Hong Kong SAR China · East Asia & Pacific
- Institution type
- Financial institution
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Morgan Stanley Hong Kong 1238 Limited · Hong Kong SAR China549300ISXXNNC3417K32 ↗
- Ultimate parent
- Morgan Stanley · United StatesIGJSJL3JD5P30I6NJZ34 ↗
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · Morgan Stanley bucket 1 · 2025 listGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
The Morgan Stanley group has 46 institutions in the directory, in 22 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Morgan Stanley Bank AG, Morgan Stanley Europe SE, Morgan Stanley Bank N.A, Morgan Stanley and Co International PLC, Morgan Stanley and CO., LLC.
See the Morgan Stanley group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Branch address
- HONG KONG HONG KONG HONG KONG
- Head-office address
- INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE CENTRE 1 AUSTIN ROAD WEST HONG KONG, KOWLOON HONG KONG
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this branch by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with the head office’s LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>MSHKHKHXCLS</BICFI>
<LEI>549300KZJFHUSUNKZZ03</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>MSHKHKHXCLS</BICFI>
<LEI>549300KZJFHUSUNKZZ03</LEI>
<Nm>MORGAN STANLEY ASIA LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>HONG KONG</TwnNm>
<Ctry>HK</Ctry>
<AdrLine>HONG KONG HONG KONG</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>No LEI is mapped to this branch BIC. The blocks use the head office’s LEI, which identifies the same legal entity.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Where this branch sits
Linked to its head office. No other branch shares a distinctive function, city, address or registration day with it.
Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
Swift GPI membership is matched on names and is indicative. A missing sanctions match does not mean that no listing applies. Always screen against the official lists.
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