By SUZANNE KAPNER And AARON LUCCHETTI Citigroup Inc. is facing a potential multibillion-dollar write-down as it begins unwinding its minority investment in the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney brokerage. Morgan Stanley has the right this spring to start ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204131004577237363070975608.html

NEW YORK – Morgan Stanley may cement its status as the top underwriter for US initial public offerings for a third year running with its lead role on Facebook's planned $5 billion sale. Getting picked for the IPO, which Facebook disclosed in a ...

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20120220/BIZ07/302209967/1031/BIZ

By Brett Philbin NEW YORK -(MarketWatch)- Wells Fargo Advisors, the brokerage unit of Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) , recently hired six financial advisers from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney who managed a combined $570 million in client assets.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wells-fargo-hires-morgan-stanley-brokers-2012-02-17

16 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG, Credit Suisse Group AG and Morgan Stanley's credit ratings may be cut by as many as three levels by Moody's Investors Service, which is reviewing 17 banks and securities firms with global capital markets operations.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-16/morgan-stanley-ubs-goldman-may-be-cut-in-moody-s-review.html

Enlarge image Morgan Stanley, UBS May Be Cut Up to 3 Levels by Moody's Morgan Stanley, UBS May Be Cut Up to 3 Levels by Moody's Scott Eells/Bloomberg A pigeon flies past Morgan Stanley headquarters in New York, US UBS AG, Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-15/bank-firm-ratings-may-be-cut-by-moody-s.html

15 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley, the two Wall Street banks most reliant on trading, warned US regulators that a proposed ban on proprietary trading could make the financial system more risky and curtail services for ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-15/goldman-sachs-morgan-stanley-say-volcker-rule-could-raise-risks.html

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Beverly Hills Wealth Management, a boutique investment advisory firm catering to the rich, said on Monday it hired a veteran Morgan Stanley broker to join the two-year-old firm. Adviser Bart Albrigo, a 24-year industry veteran with ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/beverlyhillswealth-idUSL2E8DDEB420120213

The Russian Economy Ministry has proposed hiring Morgan Stanley to sell the state's 25 percent stake in OAO Novorossiysk Commercial Seaport (NCSP), Vedomosti reported, citing a proposal to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-13/morgan-stanley-may-be-hired-to-sell-novorossiysk-vedomosti-says.html

By Gail Mitchell, Los Angeles Billboard's Gail Mitchell and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney senior VP and wealth advisor Octavius T. 'Ted" Reid III. Public and community service was the overriding theme at Hollywood's Falcon Restaurant last night (Feb.

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/backbeat/backbeat-morgan-stanley-smith-barney-pre-1006161152.story

By Philip van Doorn 02/10/12 - 04:31 PM EST NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Morgan Stanley (MS) was the Loser among the largest US banking names on Friday, with shares declining over 3% to close at $19.66. The broad indexes saw 1% declines as Greek trade ...

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11412611/1/morgan-stanley-financial-loser.html

10 (Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market stocks are “overbought” as investors pour money into developing-nation equity funds, prompting Morgan Stanley to cut its allocation for developing-nation equities, the brokerage said in a report. Morgan Stanley reduced ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-10/morgan-stanley-cuts-overbought-emerging-stocks-after-rally.html

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have both recently confirmed that their clawback policies -- the rules stipulating that an employee who takes risks that damage the company will have to give back some portion of their pay -- apply to senior members and ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/goldman-sachs-morgan-stanley-clawbacks_n_1263026.html

By Liz Moyer Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) will clarify their compensation clawback policies in response to demands from a group of shareholders led by the New York City Comptroller's ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120207-714670.html

(PHOTO: The cover of the March 2012 issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine showing Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman. Photographer: Martin Schoeller/Bloomberg Markets via Bloomberg.) Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- James Gorman strides across the stage of the ...

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6 (Bloomberg) -- James Gorman strides across the stage of the auditorium on the top floor of Morgan Stanley's Times Square headquarters. It's late October, and he's in the midst of the second investor revolt he's been through in three years -- the ...

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Michael Grimes, managing director of global technology for Morgan Stanley, speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, California, US, in 2010. / Noah Berger/Bloomberg Morgan Stanley may cement its status as the top underwriter for US ...

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120203/BUSINESS05/120202071/Morgan-Stanley-Facebook-role-may-cement-IPO-crown

2 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley may cement its status as the top underwriter for US initial public offerings for a third year running with its lead role on Facebook Inc.'s planned $5 billion sale. Getting picked for the IPO, which Facebook disclosed in ...

http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LYOO8E1A1I4I01-4JUCJJ9CCA7R14A9NI4REL9CON

2 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley may cement its status as the top underwriter for US initial public offerings for a third year running with its lead role on Facebook Inc.'s planned $5 billion sale. Getting picked for the IPO, which Facebook disclosed in ...

http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LYOO8E1A1I4I01-56P0KBG7QI7VVVHV1SVB9PK9BM

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc, the world's largest social-networking service, chose Morgan Stanley (MS) to take the lead on its planned initial public offering, four people with knowledge of the matter said. Morgan Stanley gains the coveted lead-left ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/social-media/Facebook-said-to-hire-Morgan-Stanley-for-5bn-IPO/articleshow/11709874.cms

Zynga, the biggest US internet IPO of 2011 and a big win for Morgan Stanley, has climbed back above its IPO price of $10. It closed at $10.05 Friday and is trading at $10.13 today. (a hat tip to Kevin Kingsbury.) One criticism of Morgan Stanley in the ...

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/01/30/one-less-morgan-stanley-headache-zynga-back-above-ipo-price/?mod=google_news_blog

Morgan Stanley (MS), Credit Suisse (CS) Group AG and Citigroup Inc. (C) made some of the year's biggest cuts in compensation, averaging as much as 30 percent, as Wall Street firms grappled with lower revenue, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-30/morgan-stanley-credit-suisse-lead-wall-street-s-retreat-on-compensation.html

Morgan Stanley incurred a significant charge from its legal battle with bond insurer MBIA, weighing down the company's quarterly results. The company reported a loss of $275 million, or $0.15 per share. For the fourth quarter of the previous year, ...

http://www.localizedusa.com/2012/01/28/settlement-with-mbia-weighs-down-morgan-stanleys-quarterly-results-nyse-ms/

This afternoon our colleagues in WSJ are reporting Morgan Stanley looks poised to grab that role. WSJ says the IPO could come as early as Wednesday with a valuation of $75 billion to $100 billion. Morgan Stanley likely has the lead, and Goldman will ...

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/01/27/facebook-ipo-morgan-stanley-close-to-reeling-in-a-giant-like/

Morgan Stanley was sued over about $1.2 billion worth of residential mortgage-backed securities by Bayerische Landesbank and Dexia (DEXB) SA in New York state court. Bayerische Landesbank, based in Munich and the second- biggest German state-owned ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-26/morgan-stanley-sued-by-bayerische-landesbank-over-securities.html

25 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James Gorman said employees understand why the investment bank had to cut pay, and those who don't grasp the reasoning need to adjust their attitude.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-25/morgan-stanley-ceo-says-pay-cut-complaints-would-be-naive-.html