Switzerland · Financial institution

Morgan Stanley (Switzerland) GMBH, branch SWI

BICMSSACHZXSWI Head-office LEI0WWZ9WRSWZSADGTPNI62 Licence no.Not on a tracked register Head office MSSACHZXXXX Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under MSSACHZX directly. Claim this profile

Licences and registrations

Held by the legal entity, not by a branch code

This branch code belongs to the legal entity of Morgan Stanley (Switzerland) GMBH. 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
MSSACHZXSWI
Head-office BIC
MSSACHZXXXX
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 MSSACHZX directly.
Swift GPI · MSSACHZX
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
BIC first registered
1997-09-06
Last updated
2019-10-02

Identifiers

Branch record

BIC
MSSACHZXSWI
How the BIC breaks down
  1. MSSABank
  2. CHCountry · Switzerland
  3. ZXLocation
  4. SWIBranch
Head-office BIC
MSSACHZXXXX · Morgan Stanley (Switzerland) GMBH
Branch LEI
No LEI mapped to this branch. Head-office LEI: 0WWZ9WRSWZSADGTPNI62

Profile

Branch description
Not recorded in the directory
Function
Not stated in the description
City
Zurich
Country · region
Switzerland · Europe & Central Asia
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 Swiss Holdings GMBH · Switzerland549300FSHSG2C1633X57 ↗
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
ZURICH ZURICH SWITZERLAND
Head-office address
BEETHOVENSTRASSE 33 ZURICH 8002 6686 SWITZERLAND

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>MSSACHZXSWI</BICFI>
  <LEI>0WWZ9WRSWZSADGTPNI62</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>MSSACHZXSWI</BICFI>
  <LEI>0WWZ9WRSWZSADGTPNI62</LEI>
  <Nm>MORGAN STANLEY (SWITZERLAND) GMBH</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>ZURICH</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>CH</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>ZURICH ZURICH</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.

Head office MSSACHZXXXX · MORGAN STANLEY (SWITZERLAND) GMBH HQ Morgan Stanley (Switzerland) GMBH SWI

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.

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