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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

Magdalena Stoklosa, Morgan Stanley’s director of pan-Asian research. Photo: Jelly Tse

Banking & finance

Exclusive | More attention coming to China advancements in AI, humanoid tech: Morgan Stanley

Investment bank identifies technological diffusion and the spread of AI across economies as key long-term research themes.

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Investing

Explainer | Taco vs Tina: which acronym will win out when traders have a taste for both?

30 May 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Banking & finance

Trump’s non-tariff curbs on China may hurt trade talks, sentiment: Morgan Stanley

30 May 2025 - 4:46PMvideocam

IPO

Exclusive | FWD targets July listing in Hong Kong after adding IPO bankers, sources say

Insurer added CMB International and HSBC as overall coordinators on Thursday, joining Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on the panel.

30 May 2025 - 4:50PM

IPO

5 Chinese firms seek Hong Kong IPOs, joining fundraising flurry

Proceeds from these proposed listing plans are likely to strengthen Hong Kong’s lead in the global IPO league table.

28 May 2025 - 4:50PM

Robotics

Ready, set, fight: Unitree humanoid robots test skills in kickboxing competition

Unitree fielded four G1 humanoid robots in one-on-one kickboxing matches at an event held in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province.

28 May 2025 - 4:36PMvideocam

IPO

Jiangsu Hengrui jumps 25% in solid Hong Kong trading debut

Company raises HK$9.89 billion (US$1.29 billion), with the proceeds to be used to support clinical trials and expand production capacity.

23 May 2025 - 4:56PM

Sun Piaoyang, chairman of Hengrui, at the company’s trading debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Friday. Photo: Aileen Chuang

Hong Kong stock market

Labubu propels Pop Mart into HK$300 billion club on Hong Kong market

After a 10-fold share-price jump in a year, toymaker tops all but 26 other Hong Kong-listed firms in market capitalisation.

22 May 2025 - 4:35PMvideocam

Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks extend gains as China’s economic resilience boosts sentiment

Morgan Stanley lifts its 2025 China growth forecast to 4.5 per cent from 4.2 per cent.

21 May 2025 - 4:37PMvideocam

China's economic recovery

China’s economic resilience muffles speculation over imminent fiscal stimulus

China’s exports and industrial output beat market expectations in April, despite the impact of US tariffs.

20 May 2025 - 10:40AM

China’s industrial output grew by 6.1 per cent from a year earlier in April. Photo: AFP

Biomedicine: Companies

China’s weight-loss drug market to lure entrants as Eli Lilly, Novo dominate

Drug manufacturers to focus on China and Japan, where penetration is low and innovation continues to emerge, Morgan Stanley says.

19 May 2025 - 12:06PMvideocam

The market for weight-loss drugs could see new entrants among existing biotech firms. Photo: Shutterstock

China stock market

Nomura leads global banks in re-rating Chinese stocks after US-China trade deal

Nomura joins other global firms in expressing optimism about Chinese equities following tentative trade deal.

13 May 2025 - 4:25PM

Hong Kong economy

China-US trade truce won’t stop Hong Kong from filing WTO complaint: John Lee

City leader to press on with case that Hong Kong is a separate customs entity, while economists warn against over-optimism.

12 May 2025 - 11:34PM

China stock market

Asia-Pacific stocks thrive thanks to attractive valuations and ample policy options

Asia-Pacific stocks outperform US markets due to attractive valuations and regional economic factors, JPMorgan Asset says.

12 May 2025 - 6:12PM

People pass through Shanghai’s financial district. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks rise as investors await earnings from Chinese banks

HSBC gains 3 per cent to HK$88.35 after first-quarter profit beat estimates, announces US$3 billion share buy-back plan.

29 Apr 2025 - 4:36PMvideocam

An electronic billboard shows the various indices of the Hong Kong stock exchange. Photo: AFP

Mergers & Acquisitions

Ant pays US$362 million to buy Hong Kong retail broker Bright Smart

Ant Group agreed to pay HK$2.81 billion (US$362.2 million) for 50.55 per cent of Bright Smart Securities & Commodities Group.

26 Apr 2025 - 2:08PM

Semiconductors

Nvidia supplier SK Hynix unseats Samsung as world’s DRAM chip leader on AI boost

SK Hynix seized 36 per cent of global DRAM sales in the March quarter to surpass Samsung, which had led the market for more than 30 years.

23 Apr 2025 - 2:25PM

China stock market

Trade war may derail corporate earnings recovery in China, Morgan Stanley says

US investment bank sees downside risk to its bet on corporate earnings recovery in 2025 as the US-China tariff war escalates.

11 Apr 2025 - 4:21PM

Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Baltimore on April 10, 2025. Photo: AFP

US-China trade war

China’s exporters on edge as trade war casts shadow over Canton Fair

China’s oldest and largest trade fair unlikely to be a bonanza as exporters prepare for lean times amid tariff-induced uncertainty.

11 Apr 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

Hong Kong stock market

Hang Seng Index trims some losses in worst week in years amid trade war

Traders are bracing for more trade hostility after the White House clarified that US tariffs on Chinese goods stood at 145 per cent.

11 Apr 2025 - 5:57PMvideocam

US-China trade war

China’s retaliatory tariffs on US show Beijing has adapted since 2018: analysts

But global supply chains could face ‘significant damage’ that no country is fully protected against, the more a trade war drags out and intensifies.

7 Apr 2025 - 11:10PMvideocam

US-China trade war

China’s ‘national team’ intervenes to stabilise markets after Beijing’s pledge of support

The move comes after Communist Party newspaper suggested Beijing has policy tools ready to counter the fallout from a US trade war.

7 Apr 2025 - 5:10PMvideocam

China has moved quickly to stabilise its markets in the wake of steep tariff increases from the US. Photo: EPA-EFE

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s office segment to see faster turnaround than retail: Morgan Stanley

‘We think the Hong Kong office market is not structurally impaired,’ Morgan Stanley’s Praveen Choudhary says.

7 Apr 2025 - 9:30AM

United States

US market extends drop as strong jobs report fails to soothe tariff fears

The S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq 100 Index futures sank as China imposed a 34 per cent tariff on all American imports.

4 Apr 2025 - 9:59PMvideocam

Hong Kong stock market

Chinese stocks’ rally risks unravelling as Trump’s reciprocal tariff kicks in

Best strategy is to bet on plays that would benefit from new stimulus policies China is likely to announce, analyst says.

4 Apr 2025 - 10:37AMvideocam

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index slumped 1.5 per cent to close at a six-week low on Thursday. Photo: AFP

US-China trade war

Explainer | After Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’, what’s China’s effective tariff rate?

With US ‘reciprocal tariffs’, taxes on Chinese goods have climbed even further – with some analysts predicting an effective rate of ‘almost 70 per cent’.

3 Apr 2025 - 1:15PMvideocam

US President Donald Trump has rolled out a slew of “reciprocal tariffs” that will have a profound effect on global trade. Photo: EPA-EFE

Hong Kong property

Rich buyers keep scoring Hong Kong luxury homes at stunning discounts

Plum properties sell for songs, but bargains may not last as demand for upscale homes is up 50 per cent from last year, agents say.

31 Mar 2025 - 9:33AM

US-China trade war

Stephen Roach says trade war puts US on course for ‘cultural revolution’

The Yale economist lamented the path his country is taking under US President Donald Trump during a panel discussion at the Boao Forum.

27 Mar 2025 - 10:16PMvideocam

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