Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley a financial holding company provides various financial products and services to corporations governments financial institutions and individuals in the Americas Europe the Middle East Africa and Asia. It operates through Institutional Securities Wealth Management and Investment Management segments. The Institutional Securities segment offers capital raising and financial advisory services including services related to the underwriting of debt equity and other securities as well as advice on mergers and acquisitions restructurings real estate and project finance. This segment also provides equity and fixed income products comprising sales financing prime brokerage and market-making services; foreign exchange and commodities; corporate and commercial real estate loans commercial mortgage and secured lending facilities and financing for sales and trading customers and asset-backed and mortgage lending; and wealth management services investment and research services. The Wealth Management segment offers financial advisor-led brokerage custody administrative and investment advisory services; self-directed brokerage services; financial and wealth planning services; workplace services including stock plan administration; annuity and insurance products; securities-based lending residential real estate loans and other lending products; banking; and retirement plan services to individual investors and small to medium-sized businesses and institutions. The Investment Management segment provides equity fixed income alternatives and solutions and liquidity and overlay services to benefit/defined contribution plans foundations endowments government entities sovereign wealth funds insurance companies third-party fund sponsors corporations and individuals through institutional and intermediary channels. Morgan Stanley was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York New York.