Tony Charles is a Managing Director and Global Head of Research and Strategy for Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing. Tony works with the global investment teams to integrate market research into investment decisions and strategy. He is responsible for conducting research on the global real estate markets to identify new products and investment opportunities designed to meet clients' investment goals. With his research team, he develops proprietary research tools and authors quarterly global macroeconomic, property sector, and capital markets updates, as well as white papers on real estate topics of interest. Tony also develops and articulates cross-platform investment perspectives in connection with broader marketing and investor coverage activities for the Merchant Banking & Real Estate Investing platform. He serves on Real Estate Investment Committees and Fund Valuation Committees. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Tony ran the Research and Strategy function for GE Capital’s real estate business, and was senior strategy manager in the financial services practice at Accenture. Tony received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia.