Morgan Stanley

209 results about this entity

Period: 22 Sep 2004 - 24 May 2024

Banks push FIX for fixed income trading

The world's biggest sell-side banks have formed a working group to push the adoption of FIX connectivity for fixed income trading.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney lets brokers tweet

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is set to become the first big American wealth manager to let its brokers use Twitter, although each message will have to be pre-approved by the firms.

BofA names David Reilly CTO, global wealth and investment management

Bank of America has appointed Morgan Stanley's David Reilly as chief technology officer for its global wealth and investment management unit.

EC launches antitrust probe into CDS market

The world's biggest investment banks are being investigated in two European Commission antitrust probes into the credit default swaps (CDS) market.

Morgan Stanley hit hard by China-based hackers - Bloomberg

China-based hackers breached Morgan Stanley's network in 2009 in a "very sensitive" attack, according to leaked e-mails seen by Bloomberg.

Morgan Stanley quants whiz Dweck departs

Jay Dweck, global head of strategies and technology at Morgan Stanley, has left the US investment bank after more than three years in the role.

Morgan Stanley names Jim Rosenthal COO

Morgan Stanley has promoted Jim Rosenthal to chief operating officer (COO), replacing Tom Nides who has left to join the US State Department.

Top banks to sound out tech vendors on new FX dealing platform - WSJ

The world's biggest bank players in currency trading are preparing to sound out technology vendors about building them a new bank-only dealing system, according to the Wall Street Journal.

JPMorgan to distribute iPads to investment banking staff

JPMorgan is to issue Apples iPads to all of its investment banking associates as part of a six-month trial of the tablet technology.

Chi-East dark pool launches

Chi-East, the pan-Asian dark pool joint venture from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Chi-X, has launched.

Morgan Stanley fires 'social networking' software developer

A Morgan Stanley software developer who tried to set up an offline social network on his commute to work has been fired after his enterprise was picked up on and reported by the Wall Street Journal.

BofA nabs top Morgan Stanley tech man Sherman

Bank of America has appointed Morgan Stanley's George Sherman as chief technology officer for its global banking and markets and global commercial banking businesses.

Six banks to publish daily dark pool data

Six leading investment banks are to report cash equity trade volumes crossed in their internal dark pools via a post-trade market data service provided by Markit.

Morgan Stanley Matrix founder heads to UBS

Hishaam Caramanli (formerly Mufti-Bey) has joined UBS as head of Global Securities - Client Facing Technology

Morgan Stanley wins ruling in $800m Discover case

Morgan Stanley has won a ruling in its lawsuit against Discover Financial Services that could see the card company forced to hand over hundreds of millions of dollars to its former owner.

Morgan Stanley reshuffle sees Nides take charge of tech

Morgan Stanley has given chief administrative officer Thomas Nides additional responsibility for operations and technology as part of a reshuffle tied to the imminent arrival of James Gorman as CEO.

CME to launch CDS clearing house with support of eight major dealers

After months of wrangling, The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has finally secured agreement with eight leading dealers to participate in its credit default swaps counterparty clearing initiative.

Nyse Euronext profits slide; sells off stake in US futures business

Nyse Euronext has reported a 28% drop in third quarter profit amid steep declines in revenue from cash equity trading in Europe and the US. The exchange operator has also sold off a significant equity stake in its futures business Nyse Liffe US to a group of five leading banks and liquidity providers.

Morgan Stanley to measure latency performance with Corvil

Morgan Stanley is to use latency monitoring technology from Corvil to analyse and optimise data transmission speeds from its market data plants in New York and London and to and from execution venues.

LSE in talks to buy Turquoise

The London Stock Exchange says it has entered into exclusive talks with pan-European equity trading platform Turquoise about a possible transaction.