Morgan Stanley margin inches toward 20%
Second quarter revenues, net income climb; adviser head count stabilizes.
Morgan Stanley is showing further improvement in the profitability of its brokerage business, but still fell short of its long-stated goal of a 20% pretax profit margin, according to second-quarter results released today.
“The quarter wasn't quite as good as I expected,” said Alois Pirk
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