# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001011378
**File Stem:** 0001752724-23-041503
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 21493
**Document Hash:** 0c571233d6feca8b16503c63d3b2b18c
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001752724-23-041503.hdr.sgml**: 20230227

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001752724-23-041503

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: NPORT-P

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20221231

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230227

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230227

**PERIOD START**: 20221231

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** MORGAN STANLEY VARIABLE INSURANCE FUND INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001011378
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** NPORT-P
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-07607
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23671481

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 522 FIFTH AVENUE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10036
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 800-548-7786

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 522 FIFTH AVENUE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10036

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** UNIVERSAL INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20020322

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** MORGAN STANLEY UNIVERSAL FUNDS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19960328

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Discovery Portfolio (Series ID: S000004167)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000011740 | Class II     | MMGTX           |
| C000011741 | Class I      | MMGPX           |

## Form NPORT-P: Monthly Portfolio Investments Report

### NPORT-P: Part A: General Information

**Item A.1. Information about the Registrant.**

- **a. Name of Registrant:** MORGAN STANLEY VARIABLE INSURANCE FUND INC.

- **b. Investment Company Act file number:** 811-07607

- **c. CIK number of Registrant:** 0001011378

- **d. LEI of Registrant:** KRX6WCBD0RZHNUHCX346

- **e. Address and telephone number of Registrant.**

  - **Street Address 1:** 522 FIFTH AVENUE

  - **City:** NEW YORK

  - **State:** NY

  - **Foreign country:** US

  - **Zip / Postal Code:** 10036

  - **Telephone number:** 800-548-7786

**Item A.2. Information about the Series.**

- **a. Name of Series:** Discovery Portfolio

- **b. EDGAR series identifier (if any):** S000004167

- **c. LEI of Series:** 549300QSSGFYSBBOVW55

**Item A.3. Reporting period.**

- **a. Date of fiscal year-end:** 2022-12-31

- **b. Date as of which information is reported:** 2022-12-31

**Item A.4. Final filing**

Does the Fund anticipate that this will be its final filing on Form N-PORT? **No**

### Fund Information

**Total Assets:** $123363327.76

**Total Liabilities:** $2068449.86

**Net Assets:** $121294877.90

**Amount of Assets Invested in Other Investment Companies:** $907930.99

**Cash Not Reported:** $580.35

**Monthly Return Information**

| Class               | Month 1 Return (%)   | Month 2 Return (%)   | Month 3 Return (%)   |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Class ID C000011740 | 0.30%                | -5.74%               | -9.94%               |
| Class ID C000011741 | 0.54%                | -5.87%               | -9.92%               |

**Monthly Gains & Losses**

| Period   | Net Realized Gain/Loss   | Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Month 1  | $-3169573.96             | $3094720.87                                |
| Month 2  | $-647452.63              | $-6131096.83                               |
| Month 3  | $-4284574.51             | $-9041082.76                               |

**Designated Index Information**

- **Index Name:** Securities Portfolio

- **Index Identifier:** SEC_PORT

### Schedule of Portfolio Investments

| Name                                               | Title                                                                        | Identifiers                                   | Payoff Profile   | Asset Category   | Issuer Category   | Country   |   Balance | Units   | Value (USD)   | % of Net Assets   | Maturity Date   | Coupon Type   | Annualized Rate (%)   | Restricted?   |   Fair Value Level | Lending Status   |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|---:|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|---:|:---|
| 10X Genomics Inc                                   | 10X Genomics Inc                                                             | CUSIP: 88025U109<br>LEI: 5493003Z6741WNLG7H43 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     58761 | NS      | $2141250.84   | 1.77%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.                         | HSBC TRI PARTY   A REPO                                                      | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: CYYGQCGNHMHPSMRL3R97 | Long             | RA               | CORP              | US        |     78766 | PA      | $78766.16     | 0.06%             |  |  |  | No            |                  2 | On Loan: No      |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated | MERRILL LYNCH TRI PARTY A REPO                                               | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: 8NAV47T0Y26Q87Y0QP81 | Long             | RA               | CORP              | US        |     78766 | PA      | $78766.16     | 0.06%             |  |  |  | No            |                  2 | On Loan: No      |
| JPMorgan Securities LLC                            | CNHP12666 USD CALL CNH PUT                                                   | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: ZBUT11V806EZRVTWT807 | N/A              | DFE              |  | US        |  34360212 | OU      | $99026.13     | 0.08%             |  |  |  | No            |                  2 | On Loan: No      |
| agilon health Inc                                  | agilon health Inc                                                            | CUSIP: 00857U107<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    486061 | NS      | $7845024.54   | 6.47%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Cloudflare Inc                                     | Cloudflare Inc                                                               | CUSIP: 18915M107<br>LEI: 5493007DY18BGNLDWU14 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    172869 | NS      | $7815407.49   | 6.44%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Samsara Inc                                        | Samsara Inc                                                                  | CUSIP: 79589L106<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    124865 | NS      | $1552071.95   | 1.28%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Aurora Innovation Inc                              | Aurora Innovation Inc                                                        | CUSIP: 051774107<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    129934 | NS      | $157220.14    | 0.13%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Bill.com Holdings Inc                              | Bill.com Holdings Inc                                                        | CUSIP: 090043100<br>LEI: 549300IBF9VZZIGOZW63 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     58027 | NS      | $6322621.92   | 5.21%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Carvana Co                                         | Carvana Co                                                                   | CUSIP: 146869102<br>LEI: 5493003WEAK2PJ5WS063 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     81123 | NS      | $384523.02    | 0.32%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| ZoomInfo Technologies Inc                          | ZoomInfo Technologies Inc                                                    | CUSIP: 98980F104<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    183645 | NS      | $5529550.95   | 4.56%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Wayfair Inc                                        | Wayfair Inc                                                                  | CUSIP: 94419L101<br>LEI: 54930027N9ZAVYFDHK53 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     35495 | NS      | $1167430.55   | 0.96%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Intellia Therapeutics Inc                          | Intellia Therapeutics Inc                                                    | CUSIP: 45826J105<br>LEI: 5493002T5BCPE5DZC723 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     13526 | NS      | $471922.14    | 0.39%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Trade Desk Inc/The                                 | Trade Desk Inc/The                                                           | CUSIP: 88339J105<br>LEI: 549300GXPD31VT3E0P46 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    166733 | NS      | $7474640.39   | 6.16%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Coupang Inc                                        | Coupang Inc                                                                  | CUSIP: 22266T109<br>LEI: 549300XR4L1D80AK4W76 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    199556 | NS      | $2935468.76   | 2.42%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Adyen NV                                           | Adyen NV                                                                     | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: 724500973ODKK3IFQ447 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | NL        |      5297 | NS      | $7353554.64   | 6.06%             |  |  |  | Yes           |                  2 | On Loan: No      |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC                           | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Securities Portfolio | CUSIP: 61747C525<br>LEI: 549300OJY9IZ31SGS926 | Long             | STIV             | RF                | US        |   3722212 | NS      | $3722212.47   | 3.07%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| SWAP GOLDMAN SACHS BOC                             | SWAP GOLDMAN SACHS BOC                                                       | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: N/A                  | Short            | STIV             | CORP              | US        |   -110000 | NS      | $-110000.00   | -0.09%            |  |  |  | No            |                  2 | On Loan: No      |
| Illumina Inc                                       | Illumina Inc                                                                 | CUSIP: 452327109<br>LEI: SQ95QG8SR5Q56LSNF682 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      8561 | NS      | $1731034.20   | 1.43%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Doximity Inc                                       | Doximity Inc                                                                 | CUSIP: 26622P107<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    205707 | NS      | $6903526.92   | 5.69%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Guardant Health Inc                                | Guardant Health Inc                                                          | CUSIP: 40131M109<br>LEI: 254900M8C3E5VC8BR186 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     29849 | NS      | $811892.80    | 0.67%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Cipher Mining Inc                                  | Cipher Mining Inc                                                            | CUSIP: 17253J106<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     41840 | NS      | $23430.40     | 0.02%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Inc                       | Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Inc                                                 | CUSIP: 37611X100<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    278871 | NS      | $471291.99    | 0.39%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| DoorDash Inc                                       | DoorDash Inc                                                                 | CUSIP: 25809K105<br>LEI: 549300NUQ43FGGSK5051 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    112354 | NS      | $5485122.28   | 4.52%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Affirm Holdings Inc                                | Affirm Holdings Inc                                                          | CUSIP: 00827B106<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    263694 | NS      | $2549920.98   | 2.10%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Snowflake Inc                                      | Snowflake Inc                                                                | CUSIP: 833445109<br>LEI: 254900CJNSY1K7T53Z16 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     57529 | NS      | $8257712.66   | 6.81%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC                            | CNHP60451 USD CALL/CNH PUT                                                   | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30 | N/A              | DFE              |  | US        |    291150 | OU      | $683.04       | 0.00%             |  |  |  | No            |                  2 | On Loan: No      |
| Gitlab Inc                                         | Gitlab Inc                                                                   | CUSIP: 37637K108<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     45218 | NS      | $2054705.92   | 1.69%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| MicroStrategy Inc                                  | MicroStrategy Inc                                                            | CUSIP: 594972408<br>LEI: 549300WQTWEJUEHXQX21 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |      2554 | NS      | $361569.78    | 0.30%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: —       |
| ProKidney Corp                                     | ProKidney Corp                                                               | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | KY        |     79084 | NS      | $542516.24    | 0.45%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Datadog Inc                                        | Datadog Inc                                                                  | CUSIP: 23804L103<br>LEI: 549300F6JNO0KRPO1K63 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     79685 | NS      | $5856847.50   | 4.83%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Global-e Online Ltd                                | Global-e Online Ltd                                                          | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | IL        |    117576 | NS      | $2426768.64   | 2.00%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Shopify Inc                                        | Shopify Inc                                                                  | CUSIP: 82509L107<br>LEI: 549300HGQ43STJLLP808 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | CA        |     63200 | NS      | $2193672.00   | 1.81%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Peloton Interactive Inc                            | Peloton Interactive Inc                                                      | CUSIP: 70614W100<br>LEI: 5493002YS021166W0339 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    242392 | NS      | $1924592.48   | 1.59%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Grayscale Bitcoin Trust BTC                        | Grayscale Bitcoin Trust BTC                                                  | CUSIP: 389637109<br>LEI: 549300XZGUJEF0EHBE41 | Long             | EC               | RF                | US        |     87968 | NS      | $729254.72    | 0.60%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| ROBLOX Corp                                        | ROBLOX Corp                                                                  | CUSIP: 771049103<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    192414 | NS      | $5476102.44   | 4.51%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| SWAP JP MORGAN BOC                                 | SWAP JP MORGAN BOC                                                           | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: N/A                  | Short            | STIV             | CORP              | US        |   -270000 | NS      | $-270000.00   | -0.22%            |  |  |  | No            |                  2 | On Loan: No      |
| Standard Chartered Bank                            | CNHP60034 USD CALL/CNH PUT                                                   | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: RILFO74KP1CM8P6PCT96 | N/A              | DFE              |  | US        |  38083157 | OU      | $118248.20    | 0.10%             |  |  |  | No            |                  2 | On Loan: No      |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC                           | Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Securities Portfolio | CUSIP: 61747C525<br>LEI: 549300OJY9IZ31SGS926 | Long             | STIV             | RF                | US        |    848924 | NS      | $848924.18    | 0.70%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Chewy Inc                                          | Chewy Inc                                                                    | CUSIP: 16679L109<br>LEI: 254900NPQSTG9I422879 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |    145505 | NS      | $5395325.40   | 4.45%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| DATABRICKS, INC.                                   | DATABRICKS, INC.                                                             | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: N/A                  | Long             | EP               | CORP              | US        |     36279 | NS      | $1995707.79   | 1.65%             |  |  |  | No            |                  3 | On Loan: No      |
| SWAP STAND. CHARTER BANK BOCOC                     | SWAP STAND. CHARTER BANK BOCOC                                               | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: N/A                  | Short            | STIV             | CORP              | US        |   -270000 | NS      | $-270000.00   | -0.22%            |  |  |  | No            |                  2 | On Loan: No      |
| Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Inc                       | Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Inc                                                 | CUSIP: 37611X118<br>LEI: N/A                  | N/A              | DE               |  | US        |     16415 | NS      | $3283.00      | 0.00%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Royalty Pharma PLC                                 | Royalty Pharma PLC                                                           | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: 549300FGFN7VOK8BZR03 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | GB        |    222569 | NS      | $8795926.88   | 7.25%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Grab Holdings Limited                              | Grab Holdings Limited                                                        | CUSIP: 000000000<br>LEI: 549300N4VQX83VPJF439 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | KY        |    788239 | NS      | $2538129.58   | 2.09%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: No      |
| Upstart Holdings Inc                               | Upstart Holdings Inc                                                         | CUSIP: 91680M107<br>LEI: 549300WNB47JRNENIC75 | Long             | EC               | CORP              | US        |     48161 | NS      | $636688.42    | 0.52%             |  |  |  | No            |                  1 | On Loan: —       |

### Signature

**Date Signed:** 2023-01-24

**Name of Applicant:** MORGAN STANLEY VARIABLE INSURANCE FUND INC.

**Signature:** Francis Smith

**Name of Signer:** Francis Smith

**Title:** Principal Financial Officer