Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...A Morgan Stanley consumer survey for December, published in January, found just over half of respondents expected the economy to improve in the next six months....
...Vinted and Morgan Stanley declined to comment....
...Thomas Nides, a former top Morgan Stanley executive and former US state department official has joined Blackstone Group as its vice chair....
...Investment banking fees at Morgan Stanley were up 16 per cent in the first quarter compared with a year previously. And that pick-up was in evidence across Wall Street....
...First-quarter data showed China’s export volumes rose sharply by 14 per cent year on year, even as the price index of those exports fell 12 per cent, according to Robin Xing, chief China economist at Morgan Stanley...
...Morgan Stanley acquired Eaton Vance and its affiliates, including Calvert Research and Management, and Parametric Portfolio Associates in 2021. Morgan Stanley declined to comment....
...Email me: helen.thomas@ft.com. 1) It’s been freezing in London....
...Best, who has a first-class maths degree from the University of Cambridge, started his career with a stint in investment banking at Wall Street powerhouse Morgan Stanley....
...The latest rate cuts marked “another sign of policymakers’ efforts to protect bank net interest margins following a sharp decline in asset yields in recent years”, said Richard Xu, an analyst at Morgan Stanley...
...The world is approaching the “zombie years” of natural disasters and rapidly warming temperatures as imagined by my lunch date, the science-fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson....
...Increasing interest in low-carbon steel from buyers, who are prepared to pay a premium according to Morgan Stanley, suggests a commercial opportunity too....
...Jain takes $2.8bn bet on Middle Eastern stocks (FT) Deutsche Bank analysing deals with Commerzbank, ABN Amro and others (Bloomberg) Fund managers urge European regulators to mirror US move to T+1 (FT) Thomas...
...“[A] further drop in net interest margin and [a] reduced capability to digest risk could be the true challenge in the next few years,” Morgan Stanley analysts said....
...Research last year from Morgan Stanley suggests droughts and water scarcity could have a severe impact on key crops from wheat to soybeans....
...“The December employment report was stronger than consensus across the board,” said Stephen Stanley, chief US economist at Santander....
...helen.thomas@ft.com...
...Five international investment banks, including Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan, have lowered their China growth forecasts in recent weeks in response to signs of slowing economic momentum in China....
...Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson and Morgan Stanley report earnings. Five more top stories 1....
...Job moves Morgan Stanley has hired Andy Lipsky, who previously worked as vice-chair of investment banking for JPMorgan, Bloomberg reports. He will have a similar role in his new post....
...On Monday analysts at Morgan Stanley downgraded Country Garden to underweight, warning that the company’s “worsening liquidity may lead to higher chance of default in the near term”....
...Morgan Stanley first-quarter profits rose 14 per cent to $4.3bn, thanks to strong performances in trading and wealth management....
...At 22 per cent, its corporate tax rate is not much higher than Vietnam’s 20 per cent, notes Thomas Hansmann, head of operations practice for south-east Asia, at consultants McKinsey & Company....
...helen.thomas@ft.com@helentbiz Letter in response to this column: Have boards been too busy box ticking to spot abuse? / From Barry T Gamble, Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK...
...Morgan Stanley estimated in a report last year that at least 44 per cent of wheat, 43 per cent of rice, 32 per cent of maize and 17 per cent of soyabean production comes from at-risk areas....
...The FT’s Thomas Hale and Cheng Leng set out the details....
International Edition