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The decision, involving advisors who jumped to Morgan Stanley from an RIA, holds that those who agree to give their employers advance notice before quitting aren’t absolved of that duty by the terms of the protocol.

Single-day drops are 20% bigger on average than gains, the widest gap in seven decades.

Company policies were not reasonably designed to detect and prevent misconduct, the SEC claims after one advisor allegedly misappropriated more than $5 million from client accounts.

Volatility has returned in 2018, while easy stock gains have vanished.

The firm is spending about $4 billion in an initiative that spans trading ― particularly in fixed income ― wealth management and other units.

Her fresh criticism comes after FINRA barred her former Morgan Stanley branch manager this week.

David Reiser spent 10 years at the wirehouse where he worked with ultrawealthy clients and families.

The client, who was the co-founder of the HSN, suffered from dementia and was declared legally incompetent, according to a FINRA letter of acceptance, waiver and consent.

The firm has been rolling out a robust suite of new and upgraded technology tools.

The wirehouse has been fighting to keep managed assets this year, suing ex-advisors for taking client information during their move.

The bank has replaced dozens of high-cost offerings with more passive and enhanced actively managed products.

Morningstar has launched a variety of tools aimed at helping planners and their clients adjust to what the CEO refers to as “the new normal.”

Winning over brokers could give the firm a huge platform from which to sell mutual funds and ETFs and expand its vast influence in finance.

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Craig Schmell says the firm terminated him because of alcohol and drug addiction issues he had 30 years ago.

Morgan Stanley’s CEO believes the Fed will hike interest rates three more times this year.

Most of the new hires came from Wells Fargo, which has suffered from advisor attrition over the past year.

The firm has been working for two years to integrate BlackRock’s risk-management system into its platforms.

Growing up in a house full of doctors, Mihir Patel was expected to follow in his family’s footsteps. He didn’t.