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Morgan Stanley co-leads $48m funding round for blockchain player Securitize

Digital asset securities firm Securitize has raised $48 million in a Series B funding round led by funds managed by Morgan Stanley Tactical Value and Blockchain Capital.

21 June 2021

News/markets

Clearing firms invest in FIA Tech

A group of 10 clearing firms have committed $44 million to the Futures Industry Association's FIA Tech.

16 June 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Morgan Stanley goes all in on Microsoft Azure

Morgan Stanley and Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced a strategic cloud partnership aimed at accelerating the firm’s digital transformation and shaping the future of innovation in the financial services industry.

03 June 2021

News/crypto

Morgan Stanley and Soros join $200m round for bitcoin firm NYDIG

Morgan Stanley and Soros Investment Fund have joined a $200 million growth capital round for NYDIG, the cryptocurrency technology firm at the centre of Wall Street's recent embrace of bitcoin.

10 March 2021

News/payments

TransferWise enlists Goldman and Morgan Stanley for IPO - Sky News

Online money transfer unicorn TransferWise has appointed Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to co-ordinate a planned initial public offering in London later this year, according to Sky News.

21 January 2021

Company announcement/startups

SIA and Standard Chartered join Frankfurt Main Finance initiative

The financial centre initiative Frankfurt Main Finance e. V. welcomed three new members at the turn of the year.

11 January 2021

News/regulation

Morgan Stanley fined $60m over data centre decommissioning failures

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has hit Morgan Stanley with a $60 million penalty for failing to properly decommission two wealth management data centres in 2016.

09 October 2020

Company announcement/wealth

Morgan Stanley to acquire Eaton Vance

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE: EV) have entered into a definitive agreement under which Morgan Stanley will acquire Eaton Vance, a leading provider of advanced investment strategies and wealth management solutions with over $500 billion in assets under management (AUM), for an equity value of approximately $7 billion.

09 October 2020

Company announcement/regulation

Morgan Stanley granted regulatory approval for acquisition of E*Trade

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced today that it has received regulatory approval from the Federal Reserve to acquire E*TRADE Financial Corporation (“E*TRADE”).

02 October 2020

Company announcement/regulation

CFTC hits Morgan Stanley with $5 million fine for swap data reporting failures

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that it has filed and settled charges against Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC, a provisionally registered swap dealer, for failing to comply with swap data reporting obligations.

01 October 2020

Company announcement/sustainable

Morgan Stanley commits to reach net-zero finance emissions by 2050

Morgan Stanley today announced a new commitment to reach net-zero financed emissions by 2050.

30 September 2020

News/sustainable

Morgan Stanley to address sustainability challenge through dedicated accelerator programme

Morgan Stanley is launching an accelerator programme to identify and scale breakthrough innovations focused on systemic change for sustainability.

13 August 2020