Morgan Stanley News

Investing.com -- London-listed shares in Ryanair (LON:0RYA) surged on Monday after the low-cost carrier delivered a record annual profit forecast and outlined plans for its first-ever ordinary dividend.

Last week's notable market rebound should be viewed as more of a bear market rally rather than the start of a sustained uptrend, particularly in light of weaker earnings revisions and macroeconomic data, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.

It has been several months of silence at Austal, the ASX-listed shipbuilder which brought in JPMorgan to gauge interest in a buyout. Now it seems that two North American private equity firms – Cerberus Capital Management and JF Lehman & Company, are back and serious about a proposal.

Westpac’s latest hybrid deal, for which it mandated nine joint lead managers on Monday, is expected to shoot well past $1 billion.

LGT Crestone, the financial adviser backed by the Liechtenstein royal family, has stepped up its campaign to poach Credit Suisse’s wealthy clients and leverage the perception of any instability surrounding the Swiss bank’s takeover by UBS.

Citi might be in the midst of a substantial re-shuffle, involving both job cuts and senior leadership “optimization”, but that doesn’t mean some of its managing directors aren't leaving of their own accords and joiningJane Street, in the promised land of electronic trading. 

It’s a good time to be working for Paul Taubman.

A big theme in the retirement savings world next year will be emergency savings accounts.

Morgan Stanley conducted a comparative analysis of the Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Semi and existing heavy-duty BEV trucks. Analysts expect the Tesla Semi to offer a competitive payload, creating a highly efficient, long-range, fast-charging, software-driven Class 8 truck.

Capital Group is seeing an opportunity for investors to load up on global equities after the Federal Reserve held rates on Wednesday, signaling an end to its aggressive tightening cycle.“The really big message for investors is that this moment of central banks peaking is likely to be the opening of a window where it’s going to be a really good time to get invested,” Andy Budden, investment director for equities at the $2.3 trillion manager said at a briefing in Singapore.Stocks and bonds extended gains in a relief rally Thursday on hopes the Fed is nearing the end of its historic tightening campaign. Worries over higher borrowing costs have sparked a global rout this year, with emerging markets seeing a selloff in risk assets amid a stronger dollar.Capital Group is now advising clients to “have the courage to act,” portfolio manager Winnie Kwan said at the same briefing.

LPL Financial has gained a team of five advisors previously with Ameriprise, managing approximately $550 million in client assets.

By Kane Wu and Scott Murdoch

Vanguard Group Inc. is taking its last steps to exit China and shut down its office in the 29 trillion yuan ($4 trillion) mutual fund market.

The fund will seek to invest exclusively in robust, well managed, reasonably priced businesses that can sustain their high returns on operating capital over the long term.

Carolyn Kay, a veteran financial services director and a former Future Fund board member, has been named the next chair of Rothschild Australia

(Reuters) -Morgan Stanley may pay between $500 million and $1 billion to resolve a long-running U.S. probe into how it handled private stock sales, Semafor reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Morgan Stanley’s decision to award $20 million special bonuses to its runners-up for chief executive officer points to a governance risk, raising questions about their commitment to the company, according to Wells Fargo & Co. analyst Mike Mayo.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon plans to sell shares currently worth about $141 million, the first such transaction since he took the helm at the Wall Street giant almost 18 years ago.

Morgan Stanley granted special bonuses worth $20 million each to incoming Chief Executive Officer Ted Pick and his two deputies, Andy Saperstein and Dan Simkowitz. 

Former Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank president and CEO Thomas Hoenig joins 'Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street' to discuss the Federal Reserve's next move.

Ted Pick, the head of Morgan Stanley's investment bank, is going to become Morgan Stanley's new CEO. He found out yesterday at 5pm EST when he was walked into a room and was given a standing ovation. If you want to be like Ted, there are a few techniques you might to integrate into your self-management toolkit.