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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB)

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  • June 12, 2012

$450M Big Apple team leaves MSSB, hitches up with Wells

Say clients like having assets at a AAA rated bank

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  • June 12, 2012

Longtime MSSB veteran Hatch is exiting

Paul Hatch, head of investment strategy and client solutions at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, is leaving the…

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  • June 12, 2012

Morgan Stanley share price climbs after free falling

Stock regains some ground, but still trading at under $13; ratings cut looms

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MSSB woes now in 3D

Roll out of new technology problem sees plenty of glitches; large undertaking

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  • June 5, 2012

Longtime MSSB exec exiting

Hatch joined Smith Barney in 1992; big promotion a year ago

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  • May 31, 2012

Former Merrill advisers off to rocky start at Morgan Stanley

Agree to return customer info in protocol flap; decision now rests with Finra panel

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  • May 24, 2012

MSSB tells brokers it will make good on Facebook trades: Source

Brokerage also said to informs reps it will not fill limit orders at $43 due to low volume

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  • April 23, 2012

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney: Finding returns in 2012

Policy disarray on both sides of the Atlantic has tipped the Euro Zone into a recession, but the global economy will likely avoid recession due to emerging market growth.

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  • April 19, 2012

Citi willing to unload rest of Smith Barney stake: Analyst

Bank interested in selling remaining 35% share of brokerage to MSSB -- if the price is right

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  • April 19, 2012

‘Soccer mom madam’ case hooks MSSB broker

Feds say David Walker was with Anna Gristina when accused prostitution ring leader was arresed; placed on leave

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  • March 27, 2012

All-in purchase of MSSB could singe Morgan Stanley’s credit rating: Analysts

Say swifter acquisition of remaining Citigroup stake would likely involve leverage

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James Gorman: Market doesn’t ‘understand’ Smith Barney deal

James Gorman, the CEO of Morgan Stanley, says the market doesn't understand the potential of the firm's acquisition of Smith Barney. "They're focused on what our margins have been."

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Veteran Merrill adviser jumps to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Sheehan a top adviser in Virginia; second tour at MSSB

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Janney signs more wirehouse advisers

Peter Sampson, Kenneth Wiland Sr., and R. Morgan Purvis, as well as two assistants, joined the firm's Aiken, S.C., office from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, where they managed a combined $380 million.

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  • March 15, 2012

Suddenly, UBS and McCann have ‘mo

Turnaround at UBS Wealth Management Americas in progress; 'seemed lost a few years ago'

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  • February 26, 2012

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney shuns risk as Europe recession looms

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's wealth-management arm is shunning risk despite rallying stocks and junk bonds

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  • January 6, 2012

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney: The case for diversification

Portfolio diversification can improve and smooth out performance across investment environments and, given ongoing policy disarray and the likelihood of recession in both the US and Europe, it's a concept worth revisiting.

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  • December 20, 2011

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney: U.S. recession likely ‘within next year’

*The MSSB Global Investment Committee includes: Chief Investment Officer, David M. Darst;Chief Investment Strategist, Kevin Flanagan; Chief Fixed Income Strategist Jonathan Mackay; Senior Fixed Income Strategist, Charles Reinhard; Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Douglas Schindewolf, Director of Asset Allocation.

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  • December 20, 2011

Why Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has turned ‘decisively’ bearish

The risk of recession in the US and the rest of the developed world has grown significantly in recent weeks, so we are adopting an overweight position in safe havens and an underweight position in risk assets.

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MSSB’s tech ‘teething pains’ a big headache for brokers

Sources say that the rollout of a single technology system at Morgan Stanley and its brokerage unit has been anything but seamless, with intermittent outages and other assorted glitches and snafus.