EXHIBIT 15

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Morgan Stanley:

We have reviewed, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial information of Morgan Stanley and subsidiaries for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, as indicated in our report dated May 4, 2017, and for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, as indicated in our report dated August 3, 2017, and for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, as indicated in our report dated November 3, 2017. As indicated in such reports, because we did not perform an audit, we expressed no opinion on that information.

We are aware that our reports referred to above, which were included in your Quarterly Reports on the Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017, and September 30, 2017 are being incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

We also are aware that the aforementioned reports, pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, are not considered a part of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

New York, New York 

November 16, 2017