Morgan Stanley is one of the world’s leading financial services firms, with operations across investment banking, sales and trading, wealth management, and investment management. The company serves corporations, governments, institutions, high-net-worth individuals, and retail investors, providing services such as capital raising, mergers and acquisitions advice, market-making, securities trading, financial planning, lending, asset allocation, and portfolio management.
Morgan Stanley’s strength comes from the combination of its global institutional franchise and its large wealth management platform. Its Institutional Securities business gives it exposure to capital markets, advisory activity, trading, and corporate finance, while Wealth Management and Investment Management provide more recurring, client-asset-driven revenue streams. This gives Morgan Stanley a diversified position across global finance, with exposure to corporate dealmaking, market activity, private wealth, asset management, and long-term capital formation.