1. POGO Report Shows Possible Influence Of Wall Street Executives On SEC Policy And Enforcement Decision Making
(Matching tags: Morgan Stanley,sec,regulation)

A report published by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) just a few weeks after Mary Jo White was nominated to head the SEC shows that there was a revolving door between Wall Street executives ...

2. Wirehouses Beef Up Investment In Online Trading Platforms For Do-It-Yourself Investors
(Matching tags: bank of america,Wells Fargo,Morgan Stanley)

Thousands of wirehouse clients are still paying full-service commissions on securities transactions, making them the most vulnerable to the trend toward do-it-yourself investing through web-based investment ...

3. Morgan Stanley Identifies Five Disruptive Forces That Will Accelerate E-Commerce Dominance Over The Next Four Years
(Matching tags: stocks,Economic Outlook,Morgan Stanley)

Analysts at Morgan Stanley have identified five disruptive forces that will instigate an e-commerce revolution, changing the way we think about and should measure retail sales data.   The e-commerce ...

4. With Fiscal Cliff Looming, Where Are Investors To Put Their Money? A Couple Of Experts Offer Ideas
(Matching tags: investing,investment strategies,Morgan Stanley)

... surrounding it.   Experts at MFS Investment Management and Morgan Stanley Wealth Management have a few ideas they’ve decided to share.  ...

5. Advisors Managing Client Portfolios At Morgan Stanley Has Grown To $150 Billion, Adding $1 Billion To $2 Billion Per Month
(Matching tags: Advisor businesses,active management,Morgan Stanley)

Advisors at Morgan Stanley are the force behind a new trend to manage portfolios themselves rather than outsource to an asset manager.   Advisor portfolio management has grown to $150 billion ...

6. Morgan Stanley Moving To Electronic Bond Trading, Trimming Human Staff
(Matching tags: banks,markets,Morgan Stanley)

The days of human bond traders seem to be dwindling. Morgan Stanley is focusing on replacing human bond traders with powerful computers. The move is in anticipation of changes in the way bonds will be ...

7. Banks Report Worst First Half Earnings Since 2008; Goldman Cites Cyclical Factors
(Matching tags: banks,Morgan Stanley,Goldman Sachs,bank of america)

The top five banks reported their worst revenues since 2008 for the first half of this year. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup Inc., and Bank of America Corp. reported revenues down ...

8. Employees Of Wall Street Banks Suing Over Concentrated Stock 401(k) Plan Investments
(Matching tags: banks,bank of america,fiduciaries,Morgan Stanley,retirement plans)

Employees of large firms have evidently learned lessons from the days of Enron. And those lessons have spread to Wall Street firms. Wall Street employees who invested in 401(k) plans at their firms are ...

9. Largest Lawsuit Related To 2008 Crisis Claims Morgan Stanley Convinced Ratings Agencies To Inflate Mortgage Loan Quality
(Matching tags: Morgan Stanley,mortgage debt,S&P,securities fraud)

A new lawsuit targeting Morgan Stanley says the firm talked both the Standard & Poors and Moody’s ratings agencies to assign a more favorable rating in 2006 to $23 billion worth of subprime ...

10. Moody's Downgrades 15 Banks Across The Globe
(Matching tags: banks,Economic Outlook,Morgan Stanley,economy,Wells Fargo)

June 21 saw 15 downgrades by Moody’s on bank health across the globe. Six downgrades were for banks in the US. Market reaction in Europe was mild as analysts surmised that the markets had already ...

11. $1.2 Billion Ex-Citi Advisor Jumps The Morgan Stanley Ship For Dynasty
(Matching tags: Morgan Stanley)

Another big advisor with a decade at Smith Barney or its predecessors and over $1 billion in AUM has left, this time becoming an independent RIA.

12. At Least 1/3 Of Morgan Stanley Layoffs Will Hit New York City
(Matching tags: Morgan Stanley)

More details on Morgan Stanley's plans to cut 1,600 jobs worldwide are emerging. The core New York City operations will take the brunt of the restructuring, while foreign offices will also scale back. ...

13. Morgan Stanley Lines Up Layoffs For 1,800 Support Staff -- Will Advisors Follow?
(Matching tags: Morgan Stanley)

Once again, a wirehouse is looking to cut into its support infrastructure while keeping the producing brokers happy. We will see if the strategy works over the long term.

14. Morgan Stanley Fined $3 Million For Failing To Actually Deliver Advisory Services
(Matching tags: Morgan Stanley)

The SEC has chastised Morgan Stanley's fund management unit for charging clients for advice, farming out the job to a Malaysian firm, and then never following up.  ...

15. Morgan Stanley's Technology Glitch Highlights The Split Within The Firm's Two Cultures
(Matching tags: advisor technology,Morgan Stanley)

Reports of a less-than-perfect rollout of an integrated advisor platform at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney are an easy opportunity to mock a giant in the industry, but they also reveal a basic truth about ...

16. Loss Of Massive $1.7 Billion Team Raises Questions About Morgan Stanley's Quality-Not-Quantity Strategy
(Matching tags: Morgan Stanley)

Morgan Stanley has portrayed itself as being interested in keeping only the biggest advisors and letting the "lesser" lights go. It's hard to reconcile that with its failure to keep one of the ...

17. $1 Billion Team Defects From Merrill Lynch To Morgan Stanley
(Matching tags: breakaway brokers,Merrill Lynch,Morgan Stanley)

Morgan Stanley may be crowing right now about grabbing a top-producing advisory team from Merrill Lynch, but in context, both firms have only been hurting themselves.  ...

18. Morgan Stanley Vows To Keep Shrinking Its Advisor Head Count, But Revenue Hits A Snag
(Matching tags: Morgan Stanley)

While other firms throughout the industry are trying to scale up, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is still eager to get a little leaner. Maybe just not like this.  ...

19. Morgan Stanley Joins Bears, Shifting Some Assets Into Safe Havens Amid Recession Fears
(Matching tags: asset allocation,bonds,Morgan Stanley,U.S. economy)

The global investment committee of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is moving assets away from equities, commodities and REITs and into more cash, bonds and managed futures.  ...

20. Morgan Stanley Wins Latest Round In Wirehouse Advisor Shuffle...Barely
(Matching tags: Morgan Stanley,recruiting)

Morgan Stanley has been bleeding advisors to its rivals lately. This time, it actually generated a net $65 million AUM win.  ...