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Issuer:     MORGAN STANLEY (MS)
CIK:        0000895421
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950103-25-012581
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fed reduces Morgan Stanley's Stress Capital Buffer to 4.3% from 5.1% effective Oct 1, 2025
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- Stress Capital Buffer reduced by 80 basis points to 4.3% from 5.1% after company sought reconsideration.
- Aggregate U.S. Basel III Standardized Approach CET1 ratio becomes 11.8% under revised SCB.
- Firm's CET1 ratio as of June 30, 2025 stood at 15.0%, well above new requirement.
- CFO Sharon Yeshaya thanked Fed and said firm remains focused on supporting clients and growing dividend.
- Reduction is effective October 1, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010325012581/0000950103-25-012581-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-25-012581

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