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Morgan Stanley maintains its position as one of the top United States banks with influence spanning the globe.
American multinational banking giant Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has released its performance and revenue report for the first quarter of this fiscal year, showing results that fell short of analysts’ expectations. On a company-reported basis, its revenue was $14.52 billion, compared with an estimate of $13.92 billion by analysts at Refinitiv.
Additionally, the company said its earnings per share (EPS) were estimated at $1.70, compared to the Wallet Street expectation of $1.62.
Drawing on the report that was released, Morgan Stanley notably had a poor first quarter despite concerns about an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve. As the company largely posted a decline in its revenue, its expenses hit an entirely new low for the quarter.
Morgan Stanley said its expense on revenue rose 4% to $10.52 billion. The company’s expenses increased on the back of its compensation costs that exceeded expectations. According to a StreetAccount estimate, Morgan Stanley’s spending should have been $430 million less than what was ultimately reported.
While Morgan Stanley’s overall outlook was poor, the company still printed significant growth milestones in its core business strengths of wealth and investment management.
“The investments we’ve made in our wealth management business continue to pay off as we raised $110 billion in net new assets in the quarter,” said James Gorman, CEO of Morgan Stanley. Said In the earnings release. “Equity and fixed income revenues were strong, although investment banking activity remained constrained.”
Gorman has transformed the company and established it as a dominant leader in the wealth management ecosystem. The latest acquisitions driven by the firm have helped it maintain a good facade as it looks to upend its bad fortunes across the board.
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The Wealth Management division reported revenue of $6.56 billion, up 11% from the year-ago period. While this figure is in line with StreetAccount’s estimates, the bank notably turned its fortunes in this segment with interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.
Apart from money management, Morgan Stanley also registered a significant jump in the activities of its fixed income traders. These merchants generated a total of $2.58 billion in revenue, which was higher than the StreetAccount estimate of $2.33 billion. Equities also registered a better-than-expected jump, coming in at $2.73 billion as against the estimate of $2.65 billion.
Morgan Stanley maintains its position as one of the top United States banks with influence spanning the globe. despite the recent regional banking crisis In a first quarter that rocked the financial industry, Morgan Stanley felt its business had not suffered in any way.
“In my view, we are not in a banking crisis, but we have had and may still have a crisis among some banks,” Gorman said. “I think the situation is not remotely comparable to 2008.”
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