Correspondence 0001104659-25-050999 from Morgan Stanley ETF Trust (CIK 0001676326)
Morgan Stanley ETF Trust (CIK 0001676326)
Date: May 20, 2025 · CIK: 0001676326 · Accession: 0001104659-25-050999
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File numbers found in text: 333-266913, 333-276097, 811-23820
Letter
Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Kalkidan Ezra Re: Morgan Stanley ETF Trust (the “Trust”) (File No. 333-266913; 811-23820)
Dear Ms. Ezra:
Thank you for your telephonic comments regarding the Trust’s registration statement on Form N-1A relating to the addition of a new series of the Trust: Eaton Vance Mortgage Opportunities ETF (the “Fund”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 14, 2025.
The Trust has considered your comments and has authorized us to make the responses, changes and acknowledgements discussed below relating to the Fund’s registration statement on its behalf. These changes are expected to be reflected in Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 (the “Amendment”) to the Trust’s registration statement on Form N-1A, which will be filed via EDGAR on or about May 28, 2025. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the registration statement.
Comment 1. Please carry over any applicable comments we made regarding the Trust’s registration statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-276097).
Response 1. The Trust will carry over any applicable comments and revise the disclosures in the Amendment accordingly.
Comment 2. “Depositary Receipts” and “Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts” appear to be comprised within “Foreign Securities Risk” in the section “Principal Risks.” Please make them sub-headings under “Foreign Securities Risk” in the section entitled “Additional Information About Fund Investment Strategies and Related Risks.”
Response 2. The Trust respectfully notes that “Depositary Receipts” and “Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts” are standalone risks; however, the Trust will relocate these risk factors in the section “Additional Information About Fund Investment Strategies and Related Risks” to follow “Foreign Securities Risk.”
If you would like to discuss any of these responses in further detail or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (212) 698-3526. Thank you.
Best regards,
/s/ Allison Fumai
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1095 Avenue of the Americas
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Allison Fumai
allison.fumai@dechert.com
+1 212 698 3526 Direct
+1 698 698 3599 Fax
May 20, 2025
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Kalkidan Ezra
Re: Morgan Stanley ETF Trust (the “Trust”) (File No. 333-266913; 811-23820)
Dear Ms. Ezra:
Thank you for your telephonic
comments regarding the Trust’s registration statement on Form N-1A relating to the addition of a new series of the Trust: Eaton
Vance Mortgage Opportunities ETF (the “Fund”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
on March 14, 2025.
The Trust has considered your
comments and has authorized us to make the responses, changes and acknowledgements discussed below relating to the Fund’s registration
statement on its behalf. These changes are expected to be reflected in Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 (the “Amendment”)
to the Trust’s registration statement on Form N-1A, which will be filed via EDGAR on or about May 28, 2025. Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the registration statement.
Comment
1. Please carry over any applicable comments we made regarding the Trust’s registration statement on Form N-14
(File No. 333-276097).
Response
1. The Trust will carry over any applicable comments and revise
the disclosures in the Amendment accordingly.
Comment
2. “Depositary Receipts” and “Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts” appear to be comprised
within “Foreign Securities Risk” in the section “Principal Risks.” Please make them sub-headings under “Foreign
Securities Risk” in the section entitled “Additional Information About Fund Investment Strategies and Related Risks.”
Response
2. The Trust respectfully notes that “Depositary Receipts”
and “Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts” are standalone risks; however, the Trust will relocate these risk factors
in the section “Additional Information About Fund Investment Strategies and Related Risks” to follow “Foreign Securities
Risk.”
If you would like to discuss
any of these responses in further detail or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (212) 698-3526. Thank you.
Best regards,
/s/ Allison Fumai
Allison Fumai