Thursday, July 21, 2016

Fitch: Trading Drives Better Earnings for Morgan Stanley in 2Q16

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)

CHICAGO, July 21 (Fitch) Morgan Stanley's (MS) second quarter

2016 (2Q16)

earnings improved and grew 35% from the sequential quarter, but

were down 14%

from the year-ago quarter, which was somewhat strong, according

to Fitch

Ratings. This earnings improvement was largely due to better

trading results

amid a more favorable market environment.

The company's reported return on average equity (ROE) was 8.3%

in 2Q16, up from

6.2% in th

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