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.

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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