The Commerce Department is tapping former Morgan Stanley banker Michael Grimes to lead a planned sovereign wealth fund, part of President Donald Trump’s effort to give the US a stake in projects he considers critical to national security.

Morgan Stanley says it now expects the European Central Bank to cut interest rates in April as it, like the market, expects a rate cut at Thursday’s meeting.

Tesla shares rose 2% on Monday after Morgan Stanley reinstated the electric-vehicle maker as its top U.S. auto pick, saying the company's artificial intelligence and robotics efforts could power growth even as the mainstay car business stumbles.

Morgan Stanley’s Swiss unit was fined 1 million Swiss francs ($1.1 million) for failing to prevent the laundering of millions of dollars by one of its former bankers in a Greek kickback scheme tied to arms sales.

Investors are anxiously waiting for Nvidia’s (NVDA) fourth-quarter earnings report, which may provide a much-needed boost to the U.S. stock

The Swiss attorney general's office said on Thursday it had imposed a $1 million fine on Morgan Stanley's Swiss operations for failing to do enough to prevent one of its client advisors committing qualified money laundering in 2010.

Alex Abagian, former co-head of Asia Pacific equity capital markets at Morgan Stanley, is joining hedge fund Ghisallo Capital Management, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Morgan Stanley also drew scrutiny previously for fielding an all-white, all-male slate of candidates to succeed former CEO James Gorman.

Kinder Morgan upgraded by Barclays, believing the stock's performance YTD does not fairly reflect structural tailwinds supporting the company's longer-term upward trajectory.

We have to ask ourselves which companies are going to be able to sustain earnings momentum and which are not,” Shalett said.

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