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Morgan Stanley

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Chairman / President

James P. Gorman

CEO / Managing Director

Ted Pick

CFO / Finance Director

Sharon Yeshaya

Industry

Financial services

Website

morganstanley.com

Headquarters address

1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, United States

Stock Code

NYSE:MS

Year founded

1935

China GDP

Can China pass on-the-ground tests to ace economic report card for rest of 2025?

GDP growth is on pace to meet leadership’s goal for China, but a stubborn property slump, trade complications and deflationary pressure persist.

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Artificial intelligence

Return of Nvidia H20 chip to China clears AI bottleneck: Morgan Stanley

21 Jul 2025 - 4:44PM

Hong Kong property

Morgan Stanley banker buys two Hong Kong flats for US$18.8 million

19 Jul 2025 - 3:20PM

China stock market

Investors look to Politburo meeting for signs of fighting overcapacity

All eyes will be on how gathered leaders address hyper-competition in industries including solar and lithium batteries, EVs and e-commerce.

18 Jul 2025 - 5:30PM

New-energy vehicles are parked in Hangzhou. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong stock market

Momentum in Hong Kong’s follow-on fundraising market to continue: bankers

The amount raised via follow-on offerings reaches US$31.4 billion in the first half of 2025, outpacing all of 2024.

18 Jul 2025 - 7:30AM

US-China trade war

G-2 style reset? How US-China trade talks may shift after AI chip curbs eased

Beijing’s rare earth curbs turned chips into leverage – paving the way for concessions that could reset ties, analysts say.

16 Jul 2025 - 11:00PMvideocam

United States

Asian investors trim US assets amid weak dollar, but full pullback ‘difficult’

The proportion of US assets in Asia’s securities portfolios fell by 0.7 percentage points, dropping to 40.8 per cent in the first quarter.

16 Jul 2025 - 7:41AM

US dollar banknotes are pictured at a currency exchange service provider. Photo: dpa

Semiconductors

Tech war: China approves Synopsys’ acquisition of Ansys after US lifts EDA ban

The State Administration for Market Regulation gives the green light to the US$35 billion deal under certain conditions.

14 Jul 2025 - 6:30PM

China's economic recovery

Explainer | Why China’s fight against cutthroat competition is different this time

Private firms, weaker growth and limited fiscal space will make it difficult for Beijing to rein in ‘neijuan’, analysts say.

14 Jul 2025 - 2:06PM

Hong Kong stock market

Chinese AI stocks to extend DeepSeek-driven run, analysts say

AI to be ‘a key driver for China’s modernisation,’ Huachuang Securities says, joining Morgan Stanley, UBS and others in optimistic outlook.

10 Jul 2025 - 7:30AMvideocam

People attend a launch event for the commercial use of artificial intelligence in the mining industry in Jinan, Shandong province, China, on July 18, 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE

US-China trade war

‘Pressure and division’: why Trump’s 14-nation tariff package puts China on edge

Washington’s latest duties target some of Beijing’s most important partners, pressuring Asean and fuelling trade tensions, analysts warn.

10 Jul 2025 - 11:57AMvideocam

Donald Trump

More uncertainty ahead for Asia as Trump shifts goalposts on tariffs again

Agreements are likely to be repeatedly renegotiated as circumstances change, with smaller economies the ‘biggest losers’, analysts warn.

8 Jul 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

United States

Macroscope | Why investors banking on ‘peak Trump’ are dangerously wrong

A recent set of upbeat reports shows markets underestimate Trump’s capacity to inflict more damage on the US and global economy.

3 Jul 2025 - 4:30PMvideocam

Australia

Lafufu? Australian consumer watchdog warns of fake Labubu toys online

Consumer protection agency in New South Wales points out differences in the products, urges fans to buy from legitimate businesses online.

2 Jul 2025 - 5:41PM

A woman posing for a picture next to the character Labubu as she visits Pop Mart’s theme park Pop Land in Beijing. The pointy-eared, sharp-toothed dolls have attained cult status. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong property

Rebound in Hong Kong’s home prices unlikely to come this year: analysts

Analysts say a supply overhang in the city’s residential real estate market is likely to loom this year and next.

30 Jun 2025 - 5:35PM

A man passes a real estate office in Causeway Bay. Photo: Antony Dickson

IPO

Hong Kong’s IPO dominance leaves Singapore grasping for lost allure

The listings of IFBH and Mirxes underline Hong Kong’s superiority, but Singapore is not giving up, bankers and analysts say.

30 Jun 2025 - 1:21PM

IPO

FWD files for Hong Kong listing amid slew of jumbo IPO deals

Insurer will get a market value of HK$48.3 billion based on its IPO share price of HK$38, before an overallotment option.

26 Jun 2025 - 12:25PMvideocam

World Economic Forum

Not just manufacturing: Li Qiang vows China will be major consumption power

In a turbulent world, Beijing will double down on household spending to fuel growth and overcome risks, China’s premier says.

25 Jun 2025 - 9:05PMvideocam

Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivers a speech during opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC25) in Tianjin on June 25, 2025. Photo: AFP / Jade Gao

Banking & finance

Beijing could use Hong Kong to test yuan-linked stablecoins: Morgan Stanley

Beijing’s digital currency ambitions are unlikely to unlock the full potential of the yuan’s internationalisation, analysts say.

23 Jun 2025 - 7:05PM

Hong Kong economy

My Take | Hong Kong has been, and always will be, a very special Chinese city

And, contrary to the views of famed economist Stephen Roach, so will great places such as Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Chongqing.

20 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM

China trade

China’s magnet exports to US slammed in May as rare earth curbs hit: data

Wielding its biggest bargaining chip in trade dealings with Washington, Beijing applied pressure by imposing export controls on some critical minerals.

20 Jun 2025 - 8:30PM

Some rare-earth minerals from China are seen at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences on May 17. Photo: Getty Images

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong home market on brink of turnaround, Morgan Stanley says

‘The decline in prices is behind us,’ and the upcycle could last five years, bank’s property research head says.

20 Jun 2025 - 4:30PM

A general view of Hong Kong’s Cheung Sha Wan area on May 28, 2025. Photo: Eugene Lee

IPO

Investors lap up soy sauce maker Haitian’s stock in Hong Kong debut

Company exercises an upsize option as its US$1.3 billion listing bolsters the city as the top global IPO venue.

19 Jun 2025 - 5:44PM

United States

Elon Musk’s xAI burning through US$1 billion a month as costs pile up

The artificial intelligence start-up is seeking to raise US$9.3 billion, with plans to spend over half of it in just the next three months.

18 Jun 2025 - 3:05AMvideocam

Robotics

Unitree Robotics boosts capital base, paving the way for new fundraising round

Unitree has garnered significant attention, becoming a poster child for China’s dynamic robotics sector.

17 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM

Unitree’s robots on display during the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, June 12, 2025. Photo: Reuters

IPO

Foshan Haitian raises US$1.3 billion in upsized Hong Kong stock offer

The company sold 279 million shares at HK$36.30 each, the top end of the marketed price range, according to terms of the deal seen by Bloomberg News.

17 Jun 2025 - 2:22PM

Bottles of soy sauce produced by Foshan Haitian Flavoring & Food are displayed for sale at a supermarket on October 2, 2022 in Shaoxing city of eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Photo: VCG/VCG

Robotics

China’s robotics market set to double in four years: Morgan Stanley

Robotics is a key part of the Made in China 2025 initiative, launched a decade ago to position the country at the forefront of hi-tech industries.

16 Jun 2025 - 7:00PMvideocam

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong trade body plans 2026 conference to entice Gulf states

Hong Kong Trade Development Council chair also says Donald Trump’s unpredictable policies could see body further revise export projections.

15 Jun 2025 - 10:45PM

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