Morgan Stanley just announced 156 new managing directors

Morgan Stanley just released a list of its newest managing directors.

This year's list has 156 names, up from 151 last year.

Thirty-three, or 21%, of the new MDs are women. That's on par with last year, according to a Morgan Stanley representative.

Fifty-four percent of the class works in the Institutional Securities — that is, investment banking and sales and trading — division, up from 52% last year.

Here is the breakdown by region:

• 62% of the new MDs work in the US — down from 64% last year.
• 21% work in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa — down from 26% last year.
• 17% of the new MD class works in Asia — up from 13% last year.

Goldman Sachs named 425 new managing directors in November. That firm promotes new managing directors every two years, as opposed to every year.

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Morgan Stanley last week reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat expectations. The disastrous fixed income, currencies, and commodities division, however, missed expectations and was down year-on-year. The firm began cutting 25% of its fixed-income headcount late last year.

Earlier this month, Greg Fleming, the president of Morgan Stanley's prized wealth-management business, left the firm.

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman took a 6.7% pay cut for 2015.

Here's the 2016 managing director list:

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