About Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services firm that provides investment banking, sales and trading, wealth management, and investment management services to corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals. Henry S. Morgan and Harold Stanley founded it in 1935 as an investment banking partnership in New York, created in response to the Glass-Steagall Act's requirement to separate commercial and investment banking. The company went public in 1986, and its common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MS. Morgan Stanley operates through three business segments: Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management. The Wealth Management segment includes E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley at Work. The Investment Management segment includes asset management operations under Eaton Vance, Parametric, and Calvert. The firm is a component of both the S&P 500 and S&P 100 indices. It is one of the largest financial services firms in the United States, with operations spanning investment banking, capital markets, brokerage, and asset management.
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