Morgan Stanley

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Morgan Stanley
Type Public (NYSE: MS)
Founded 1935
Headquarters New York, New York
Key people John J. Mack, Chairman & CEO
David Heleniak, Vice Chairman
Walid Chammah Co-President,
James P. Gorman Co-President
Industry Investment services
Products Financial Services
Investment Banking
Investment management
Revenue ▲ US$ 8.3 billion (2008)[1]
Net income ▲ US$ 1.5 billion (2008)[2]
Employees over 45,000 (March 2008)
Website www.morganstanley.com

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is an investment banking and global financial services corporation headquartered in New York City. It serves a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 33 countries around the world with 600 offices, with an approximate employee workforce of 45,000.[3] The company reports US$749 billion as assets under its management[4].

The corporation, formed by ex-J.P. Morgan & Co. employees Henry S. Morgan, Harold Stanley and others, came into existence on September 16, 1935. In its first year the company operated with a 24% market share (US$1.1 billion) in public offerings and private placements. The main areas of business for the firm today are Global Wealth Management, Institutional Securities and Investment Management. The company found itself in the midst of a management crisis in the late 90s[5] that saw it lose a lot of talent and competence[6] and ultimately saw the firing of its then CEO Philip Purcell in 2005. Since then Morgan Stanley has been undergoing a massive restructuring which also involved job cuts across various of its businesses.

Today, Morgan Stanley has been associated with some of the biggest corporate financings and public offerings in the history, most notably the U.S. rail financing of 1939, Shell Union debenture of 1946, Jersey Standard's transaction of 1949, Apple common stock IPO of 1980, Conoco IPO of 1998 and the Google IPO in 2004. The firm credits itself with the first ever computer model for financial analysis[7].

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[edit] Overview

Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm that, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides its products and services to customers, including corporations, governments, financial institutions and individuals. The Company operates in three business segments: Institutional Securities, Global Wealth Management Group, and Investment Management.[8]

Morgan Stanley's office on Times Square
Morgan Stanley's office on Times Square

[edit] History

See also: JPMorgan Chase

[edit] Early Years:1935-1950

Morgan Stanley can trace its roots in the history of J.P. Morgan & Co. Following the Glass-Steagall Act it became no longer possible for a corporation to have investment banking and retail banking businesses under a single holding entity. J.P. Morgan & Co. chose the retail banking business over the investment banking business. As a result some of the employees of J.P. Morgan & Co., most notably Henry S. Morgan and Harold Stanley left J.P. Morgan & Co. and joined some other from the Drexel partners to form Morgan Stanley. The firm, formally opened the doors for business on September 16, 1935 at Floor 19, 2 Wall Street, New York City, United States. Within its first year it achieved 24% of market share (US$1.1 billion) among public offerings. The firm was involved with the distribution of 1938 US$100 million of debentures for the United States Steel Corporation as the lead underwriter. The firm also obtained the distinction of being the lead syndicate in the 1939 U.S. rail financing. The firm went through a major reorganization in 1941 to allow for more activity in its securities business[9].

[edit] Middle Years: 1950-1990

The firm was lead by Parry Hall, the last founder to lead Morgan Stanley, from 1951-1961. During this period the firm co-managed the famous World Bank's US$50 million tripe-A-rated bonds offering of 1952. The firm, in this period, also came up with the General Motor's US$300 million debt issue, US$231 million IBM stock offering, the US$250 million AT&T's debt offering[10].

In 1962, Morgan Stanley created the first viable computer model for financial analysis[citation needed], thereby starting a new trend in the field of financial analysis. In 1967 it established the Morgan & Cie, International in Paris in attempt to enter the European securities market. It acquired Brooks, Harvey & Co., Inc. in 1967 and established a presence in the real estate business. By 1971 the firm had established its Mergers & Acquisitions business along with Sales & Trading. The sales and trading business is believed to be the brainchild of Bob Baldwin[11]. In 1970 Morgan Stanley opened a representative office in Tokyo and formally entered the Japanese markets. In 1975 Morgan Stanley established Morgan Stanley International Inc. in London. The private wealth management department was added into the firm's business units by 1977 when Morgan Stanley established Morgan Stanley Realty Inc. In the same year Morgan Stanley merged with Shuman, Agnew & Co. Morgan Stanley lead the Apple common stock IPO on December 12, 1980. The firm entered the Prime Brokerage business in 1984. In 1986, Morgan Stanley Group, Inc., was publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange. By 1990 Morgan Stanley had its regional offices in Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Melbourne, Milan, Sydney and Zurich and had regional headquarters in London and Tokyo.

[edit] Recent Years: 1991-present

In 1996, Morgan Stanley acquired Van Kampen American Capital. On February 5, 1997, the company merged with Dean Witter Reynolds, and Discover & Co. the spun-off financial services business of Sears Roebuck. The merged company was briefly known as "Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover & Co." until 1998 when it was known as "Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co." until late 2001. To foster brand recognition and marketing the Dean Witter name was dropped and the firm became "Morgan Stanley". Morgan Stanley acquired AB Asesores of Spain and entered India in a joint venture with JM Financials in 1999.

In 2001, Morgan Stanley lost 13 employees in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

In 2004, Morgan Stanley co-managed the Google IPO which is the largest internet IPO in the U.S. history. In the same year Morgan Stanley acquired the Canary Wharf Group. On December 19, 2006, after reporting 4th quarter earnings, Morgan Stanley announced the spin-off of its Discover Card unit. In order to cope up with the write-downs during the Subprime mortgage crisis, Morgan Stanley announced on December 19, 2007 that it would receive a US$5 billion capital infusion from the China Investment Corporation in exchange for securities that would be convertible to 9.9% of its shares in 2010.[12]

[edit] Organization

Morgan Stanley splits its businesses into three core business units. These follow below.

[edit] Institutional Securities

Institutional Securities has been the most profitable business segment[13] for Morgan Stanley in recent times. This business segment provides institutions with services such as capital raising and financial advisory services including advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, real estate and project finance, corporate lending etc. The segment also encompasses the Equities and the Fixed Income divisions of the firm.

[edit] Global Wealth Management Group

Global Wealth Management Group provides brokerage and investment advisory services. As of 2008 Q1 this segment has reported an annual increase of 12 percent in the pre-tax income[14]. This segment provides financial and wealth planning services to its clients who are mainly high net worth individuals and hedge funds.

[edit] Asset Management

Asset Management provides global asset management products and services in equity, fixed income, alternative investments and private equity to institutional and retail clients through third-party retail distribution channels, intermediaries and Morgan Stanley's institutional distribution channel. Morgan Stanley's asset management activities are principally conducted under the Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen brands. It provides asset management products and services to institutional investors worldwide, including pension plans, corporations, private funds, non-profit organizations, foundations, endowments, governmental agencies, insurance companies and banks. As of 2008 Q1 the segment posted a pre-tax loss of US$161 million[15].

[edit] Diversity and culture

  • Morgan Stanley was named one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers in 2004 by Working Mothers magazine.
  • Family Digest magazine named Morgan Stanley one of the "Best Companies for African Americans" in June 2004
  • Essence magazine named Morgan Stanley as one of the "30 Great Places to Work" in May 2004
  • Asian Enterprise magazine named Morgan Stanley as one of the "Top Companies for Asian Americans" in April 2004
  • Hispanic magazine selected Morgan Stanley as one of the "100 Companies Providing the Most Opportunities to Hispanics" in February 2004
  • Morgan Stanley is listed in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers, only recently dropping out of the top 40
  • The Times listed Morgan Stanley 5th in its 20 Best Big Companies to Work For 2006 list[16]
  • Great Place to Work Institute Japan in 2007 ranked Morgan Stanley as the second best corporation to work in Japan, based on the opinions of the employees and the corporate culture[17]

[edit] Controversies and Lawsuits

In 2003, Morgan Stanley agreed to pay billions of dollars in order to settle its portion of various legal actions and investigations brought by Eliott Spitzer, the Attorney General of New York, the National Association of Securities Dealers (Now FINRA), the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, (SEC) and a number of state securities regulators, relating to fraud that was allegedly perpetrated upon retail investors by a dozen of the largest investment banking securities brokerage firms.

On July 12, 2004, Morgan Stanley settled a sex discrimination suit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for $54 million.[citation needed]

On January 12, 2005, The New York Stock Exchange imposed a $19 million fine on Morgan Stanley for alleged regulatory and supervisory lapses.[citation needed]

On May 16, 2005, A Florida jury found that Morgan Stanley did in fact fail to give adequate information to Ronald Perelman about Sunbeam thereby defrauding him and causing damages to him of $604 million. To that $604 million was added punitive damages by the jury for a total of compensatory and punitive damages of $1.450 billion. This verdict was directed by the judge as a sanction against Morgan Stanley after the firm's attorneys infuriated the court by failing and refusing to produce documents, and falsely telling the court that certain documents did not exist. On March 21, 2007, the ruling was overturned and Morgan Stanley was no longer required to pay the 1.57 billion dollar verdict. [18].

More recently, a class action lawsuit was filed in California by both current and former Morgan Stanley employees for unfair labor practices that were instituted to those employed through the financial advisor training program. A $40 million settlement was reportedly reached, with expected payout to those employed through the training program between specified dates.[citation needed]

[edit] NASD fine for e-mails

On September 27, 2007, FINRA announced a $12.5 million settlement with Morgan Stanley to resolve charges that the firm's former affiliate, Morgan Stanley DW, Inc. (MSDW), failed on numerous occasions to provide e-mails to claimants in arbitration proceedings as well as to regulators - while representing that the destruction of the firm's email servers in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center resulted in the loss of all pre-9/11 e-mail. In fact, the firm had millions of pre-9/11 e-mails that had been restored to the firm's active e-mail system using back-up tapes that had been stored in another location.[19] Customers who had lost their arbitration cases against Morgan Stanley DW Inc. because of their inability to obtain the emails to demonstrate Morgan Stanley's misconduct will each receive a token amount of money as a result of the settlement.

[edit] Awards

[edit] 2007

  • Financial Times' International Prime Brokerage House of the Year 2005, 2006 and 2007
  • Euromoney Best Prime Brokerage House 2007
  • BusinessWeek #1 Prime Brokerage House 2006 and 2007
  • Euromoney's Global Investment Bank of the Year
  • Financial Times Number 3 Best Place to Work in the UK
  • Newsweek Most Prestigious Global Investment Bank of the Year 2007
  • Best Investment Bank – Spain
  • Best Investment Bank – Luxemburg
  • Best Investment Bank – Taiwan
  • Best M&A House – UK
  • Best M&A House – Denmark
  • Best M&A House – Nordic and Baltic region
  • Best M&A House – Singapore
  • Best M&A House – Hong Kong
  • Best Debt House – China
  • Best Debt House – Singapore
  • Best Debt House – Colombia
  • Best Project Finance House in Latin America

Information found at Euromoney[verification needed]

[edit] Notable current and former employees

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[edit] Politics and public service

[edit] Other

[edit] Works about Morgan Stanley

[edit] See also

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List of investment banks

[edit] References

  1. ^ Morgan Stanley Reports First Quarter Results. Morgan Stanley. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  2. ^ Morgan Stanley Reports First Quarter Results. Morgan Stanley. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  3. ^ Morgan Stanley in United States. Morgan Stanley Website. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  4. ^ Company Information. Morgan Stanley Website. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  5. ^ Lame Duck Purcell. Forbes Website. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  6. ^ Morgan Stanley Exodus Continues as 8 Traders Leave. New York Times Online Edition of April 21, 2005. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  7. ^ Company History. Morgan Stanley Website. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  8. ^ Google Finance - Morgan Stanley Summary. Google Finance. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
  9. ^ Company History. Morgan Stanley Website. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  10. ^ Company History. Morgan Stanley Website. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  11. ^ Company History. Morgan Stanley Website. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  12. ^ Morgan Stanley posts loss on writedown. Joe Bel Bruno, AP Business Writer. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
  13. ^ Morgan Stanley Reports First Quarter Results. Morgan Stanley Press Release. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  14. ^ Morgan Stanley Reports First Quarter Results. Morgan Stanley Press Release. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  15. ^ Morgan Stanley Reports First Quarter Results. Morgan Stanley Press Release. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  16. ^ Times 20 Best Big Companies to Work For 2006 list. Times Online (2004-08-23). Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
  17. ^ Great Place to Work® Institute
  18. ^ Morgan Stanley has billionaire Perelman's $1.58 billion award reversed in Sunbeam lawsuit - International Herald Tribune
  19. ^ FINRA News Release

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