secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MORGAN STANLEY (MS)
CIK:        0000895421
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-14T11:39:21+00:00
Accession:  0000895421-26-000288
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Morgan Stanley Q3 2026 net revenues $20.3B (+12% YoY), EPS $3.03, ROTCE 22.6%; Equity trading up 41%
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- Net revenues $20,338M vs $18,224M a year ago; net income applicable to MS $4,909M; diluted EPS $3.03 vs $2.80; ROTCE 22.6% vs 23.5%; ROE 17.8%.
- Institutional Securities net revenues $10.0B (+18%); Equity $5.8B (+41%) on strength in Asia; Fixed Income $2.0B (-7%); Investment Banking $2.2B (+2%), Advisory $887M.
- Wealth Management record net revenues $9.1B (+10%) with 30.4% pre-tax margin; record net new assets $232.4B (just over half IPO-related) and $80.5B fee-based flows.
- Investment Management net revenues fell 12% to $1,459M on reversal of accrued carried interest in a private fund; pre-tax income $259M vs $364M; AUM $2.05T.
- Board declared $1.15/share dividend payable Nov 13, 2026 (record Oct 30); $1.54B buybacks at $212.74 avg; Standardized CET1 14.9%; credit provision $148M vs $0.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000089542126000288/0000895421-26-000288-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000089542126000288/ms-20261014.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000895421-26-000288

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