Private fund adviser · LOS Angeles, CA
Mesa West Capital
Mesa West Capital, LLC · SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 158959 · SEC 801-72711
At a glance
Mesa West Capital is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in LOS Angeles, California, with $8.7 billion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed May 21, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is pooled investment vehicles. By Form ADV it is a private fund adviser, ranked 678th of 4,686 private fund advisers and 1,495th of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.
Main office 310-806-6300mesawestcapital.comAs filed on Form ADV
- Regulatory AUM
- $8.7B
- Rank among private fund advisers
- #678 of 4,686
- Rank among all SEC RIAs
- #1,495 of 17,210
- Rank in California
- #156 of 1,873
- Clients
- 10
- Accounts
- 10
- Discretionary
- 97% of AUM
- Employees
- 50
- Advisory staff
- 22
- Offices
- 5
Owners and executives on its Form ADV
- Brett P. BurnsExecutive Director
- Mustufa SalehbhaiChief Legal Officer
- John R. KloppHead of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Real Assets
- Arlene A. MorrisChief Compliance Officer
- Raphael FishbachManaging Director, Co-Head of Mesa West Capital LLC
- Ronnie M. GulManaging Director, Co-Head of Mesa West Capital LLC
- Benjamin C. HunekePresident and Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Custody and brokerage
Custodian
Mesa West Capital’s Form ADV lists no custodian for separately managed accounts. Firms report one only when they manage $10 million or more in those accounts.
Broker-dealer
Hybrid RIA
Mesa West Capital is a hybrid RIA: 1 of its employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer. It names affiliated broker-dealers: Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Morgan Stanley Distribution, Inc., Morgan Stanley Mufg Securities Co., LTD. and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.
- Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. ↗CRD 37731
It doesn’t hold client accounts or customer funds itself. Its annual audited report filed with the SEC, February 2026
- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC ↗CRD 8209
- Morgan Stanley Asia Limited
- Morgan Stanley Distribution, Inc. ↗CRD 30344
It doesn’t hold client accounts or customer funds itself. Its annual audited report filed with the SEC, February 2026
- Morgan Stanley Mufg Securities Co., LTD.
- Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC ↗CRD 149777
Its Form ADV brochure (filed May 2026) names Morgan Stanley as the broker-dealer its advisers are registered with.
Certain employees of the Adviser are registered representatives of Morgan Stanley & Co.
Who it serves
| Client type | Clients | Regulatory AUM | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled investment vehicles | 7 | $8.4B | 97% |
| Insurance companies | 3 | $248M | 3% |
Private funds
Mesa West Capital reports 4 private funds with $5.6B in gross assets: other private funds (Form ADV Item 7.B).
Disciplinary disclosures
Mesa West Capital answers yes to 7 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV (criminal, regulatory or civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates). Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗
Services
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
- Portfolio management for businesses and institutions
How it’s paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Performance-based fees
- Other
Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗mesawestcapital.com ↗
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Background
Questions
How much does Mesa West Capital manage?
Mesa West Capital reports $8.7 billion in regulatory assets under management across 10 accounts, 97% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed May 21, 2026.
What kind of firm is Mesa West Capital?
Mesa West Capital is a private fund adviser by its Form ADV answers. Private funds are at least half of its business by assets. It reports a bank or thrift among its related persons. A public reporting company controls it.
Who are Mesa West Capital’s clients?
By assets, its largest client types are pooled investment vehicles ($8.4 billion, 7 clients); insurance companies ($248 million, 3 clients).
Does Mesa West Capital manage private funds?
Yes. It reports 4 private funds with $5.6 billion in gross assets, including other private funds.
Does Mesa West Capital have any disciplinary history?
Mesa West Capital answers yes to 7 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV, which covers criminal, regulatory and civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates. The details are on the SEC’s adviser search.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure is Mesa West Capital’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-05-21), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.
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