Moderator Biography

Investment Opportunities in Asia

David Darst is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and sits on the Firm’s Asset Allocation and Investment Policy Committees. He serves as Chief Investment Strategist of the Individual Investor Group, with responsibility for Asset Allocation and Investment Strategy, and was the founding President of the Morgan Stanley Investment Group.

He joined Morgan Stanley in 1996, after 24 years with Goldman Sachs, where he served as Chief Financial Officer of the Equities Division. Previous positions with Goldman also included responsibilities as New York International Equities Sales Manager and Resident Manager of their Private Bank in Zurich.

David is the author of three books: (i) The Complete Bond Book (McGraw-Hill); (ii) The Handbook of the Bond and Money Markets (McGraw-Hill); and (iii) The Art of Asset Allocation (McGraw-Hill), and has contributed numerous articles to Barron's, Euromoney, The Money Manager, and other publications. He writes extensively on asset allocation in the Morgan Stanley quarterly publication, Financial Management Review and Outlook, which he launched in 1997. He also founded two widely read Morgan Stanley monthly publications, Investment Strategy Digest and Market View Bulletin.

David earned his MBA from Harvard Business School (1971) and received his BA degree in Economics from Yale University. David has lectured extensively at Wharton, Columbia, INSEAD, and New York University business schools, and for nine years, David served as a visiting faculty member at Yale College, Yale School of Management, and Harvard Business School.
 

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