secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MORGAN STANLEY (MS)
CIK:        0000895421
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950103-23-009776
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Morgan Stanley raises quarterly dividend to $0.85 (9.7% increase) and authorizes $20B buyback
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- Quarterly common stock dividend increased to $0.85 per share from $0.775, effective Q3 2023.
- Board reauthorized up to $20B multi-year common equity share repurchase program, no expiration.
- Federal Reserve CCAR 2023 results yield Stress Capital Buffer of 5.4% for Oct 2023-Sep 2024.
- Aggregate Basel III standardized CET1 ratio expected at 12.9%; actual was 15.1% as of Mar 31, 2023.
- CEO James Gorman cited resilience of Wealth & Investment Management and strong capital position.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010323009776/0000950103-23-009776-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010323009776/dp196201_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-23-009776

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