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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-22-011308"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MS"
cik: "0000895421"
company_name: "MORGAN STANLEY"
filed_at: "2022-06-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T23:09:15.457538+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morgan Stanley raises quarterly dividend 11% to $0.775, authorizes $20B buyback

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.775/share from $0.70, an 11% increase, starting with Q3 2022 declaration.
- Board authorizes new $20B multi-year share repurchase program, no set expiration, beginning Q3 2022.
- CEO Gorman cites durable earnings from Wealth Management and Investment Management for robust capital return.
- Stress Capital Buffer set at 5.8% for Oct 2022–Sep 2023 per CCAR 2022; CET1 ratio was 14.5% at March 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-22-011308
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MS
- cik: 0000895421
- company_name: MORGAN STANLEY
- filed_at: 2022-06-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010322011308/0000950103-22-011308-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010322011308/dp175834_8k.htm

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