secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MORGAN STANLEY (MS)
CIK:        0000895421
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950103-25-008285
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Morgan Stanley boosts quarterly dividend to $1.00/sh, authorizes $20B buyback
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- Quarterly common dividend raised 8.1% to $1.00 from $0.925, effective with Q3 2025 declaration.
- Board reauthorized $20B multi-year share repurchase program with no set expiration, starting Q3 2025.
- Fed stress test SCB set at 5.1% for Oct 2025-Sep 2026, implying CET1 ratio of 12.6% vs 15.3% as of Mar 2025.
- CEO Ted Pick says improved stress test results reflect franchise strength and support capital returns.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010325008285/0000950103-25-008285-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010325008285/dp230991_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-25-008285

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