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Registered Rep. July 11, 2005 John Churchill |
More Changes at Morgan Stanley The resignation of Morgan Stanley's co-president Stephen Crawford and the disclosure of his pay package cause public comment on the unusual nature of events and anger among employees and shareholders alike. Chairman John Mack works to retain top people. |
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Emily Thornton |
Phil Purcell's Credibility Crisis Investors want Morgan Stanley's chief to beef up weak businesses -- or dump them. |
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Emily Thornton |
Purcell: Only Making It Worse Morgan Stanley CEO Philip J. Purcell's moves may be about self-protection, not performance. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Kristen French |
Perky Purcell Gets Money for Life Morgan Stanley's latest proxy statement revealed that in addition to the $44 million bonus former CEO Phillip Purcell received as part of his exit package, he will continue to get other benefits for the rest of his life. |
Registered Rep. June 28, 2005 Kristen French |
Mack as CEO Could be Retail Champion John Mack, the rumored favorite of Morgan Stanley's board for the CEO slot, could be a blessing for the firm's retail brokers if he gets the job. |
Registered Rep. June 13, 2005 Kristen French |
With Purcell to Resign, Who's Up? After months of fighting for Morgan Stanley CEO Philip Purcell's resignation, the Group of Eight dissident shareholders finally got what they wanted: Purcell announced that he was stepping down once a successor could be named. |
U.S. Banker September 2005 |
Paying the Price for Overpaying Executives The flap over executive compensation.didn't start with Richard Grasso, Philip Purcell or Sandy Weill. But elements of all three men's cases have proved valuable in getting boards to consider whether executive pay is over the top. |
Registered Rep. May 10, 2005 Kristen French |
Purcell Takes Stage, Tries to Rally Support Morgan Stanley's embattled CEO Philip Purcell tried to shore up shareholder support and squelch the almost daily flood of media speculation over the firm's future. But were shareholders convinced? |
The Motley Fool April 1, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Et Tu, Morgan Stanley? It's a palace revolt at Morgan Stanley. But we should probably not feel too sorry for CEO Philip Purcell, who made about $22 million last year. If he loses, he will not suffer the fate of Caesar but will have a very big payday instead. |
Registered Rep. April 8, 2005 Will Leitch |
Morgan Stanley Combatants Step Up Their Fight as Purcell Claims Victory Even though Morgan Stanley's board has said that it stands behind Philip Purcell as CEO, the group of dissidents calling for Purcell's ouster is digging in for a long, protracted fight for control of the company. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Glenn Curtis |
The Purcell Discount Hovering at a recent $51.73 --- down from its all-time highs of $110 a share --- are Morgan Stanley common shares a buy? |
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Emily Thornton |
Mack Attack Buttressed by better earnings, a hungry Morgan Stanley is winning over critics. |
Registered Rep. June 30, 2005 John Churchill |
Mack Back, Officially John Mack, former head of Morgan Stanley, returns hoping to quiet employee dissent and questions in the media about the firm's direction. |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Morgan, Minus Purcell Amid turmoil, Morgan Stanley's CEO bails out. Morgan indicated that its earnings will fall anywhere from 15% to 20% lower than last year's, to between $0.88 cents and $0.94 cents a share. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Purcell Gives Up Some Gold Morgan Stanley shareholders who are still reeling from the $52 million exit package given to former president and CEO Philip Purcell will be happy to know he's giving a lot of it away. |
Registered Rep. April 6, 2005 Will Leitch |
In Brouhaha, Board Backs Purcell at Morgan Stanley To some, Purcell's stacking of the board---many say this is the only thing keeping him at the head of the ship---is one example of his self-interested management style. |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2006 Alex Dumortier |
Morgan Makes It Four of a Kind The investment bank has no trouble keeping pace with its peers. Investors, take note. |
Registered Rep. April 8, 2004 Joan Warner |
Trouble In The House That Purcell Built? After suffering through a cruel bear market, Morgan Stanley has come under regulatory scrutiny and legal fire for practices in several key businesses in the past two years, including mutual fund sales. |
Registered Rep. March 30, 2005 Will Leitch |
More Turmoil at Morgan Stanley In a shake-up that shocked even those who said they had seen such an explosion coming, the beleaguered Morgan Stanley CEO Philip Purcell watched two of his top executives resign in protest of his leadership on Tuesday. |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Emily Thornton |
Can Phil Purcell Change His Spots? Morgan Stanley's CEO needs to be more hands-on. You might think Purcell would make an effort to change his spots after all the recent commotion about him and his firm. But you'd probably be wrong. |
U.S. Banker June 2005 Karen Krebsbach |
Purcell's (Very Public) Predicament The bruising power struggle at Morgan Stanley is taking its toll, as the company's stock price stalls and talent walks. The escalating conflict is weakening the No. 2 investment bank, making it ripe for a takeover. |
Registered Rep. April 20, 2006 Kristen French |
New Morgan Hire to Advance Dean Witter Integration James Gorman announced in a memo to employees that Donald Herrema will join the company on May 1 as the head of Private Wealth Management Americas, the U.S. and Latin America division of the old Morgan Stanley institutional group. |
Registered Rep. September 12, 2005 Kristen French |
More Adieus From Morgan Stanley Directors As expected, Morgan Stanley board members from the Philip Purcell era continue to decamp, with two more directors out. With these resignations, the board now has 11 directors. |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Kristen French |
Apres Purcell--Le Spinoff? Now that Morgan Stanley's CEO has given up, the future of the old Dean Witter organization is in question. Morgan Stanley remains under pressure to improve profitability and its stock price. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Motley Fool Double Take: Morgan Stanley Bulges Forward Morgan Stanley reported another strong quarter, but has all the easy money in the stock now been made? |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Dumortier & Khattab |
Investment Banks Under the Microscope Investors, which Wall Street firms make the grade? Goldman Sachs... Lehman Brothers... Bear Stearns... Morgan Stanley... Merrill Lynch... etc. |
Registered Rep. July 26, 2005 Kristen French |
Morgan Trainee Program Could Get Whacked John Mack is moving quickly to get Morgan Stanley's ailing retail brokerage in shape. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 |
By the Numbers CEO Pay Score Card: Merrill Lynch, Stanley O'Neal - $32 million... Goldman Sachs, Henry Paulson - $29.8 million... etc. |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2005 Kristen French |
Morgan Brokers Still Heading for Exits There has been a parade of top brokers who have left Morgan Stanley in recent months. The losses, which began under embattled former CEO Phil Purcell, have not abated since his replacement, John Mack, arrived in June. |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Foolish Forecast: Morgan Stanley Gets Ready to Deliver The financial firm will report it most recently quarterly earnings shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
U.S. Banker June 2005 |
By Day, Man of Steel. At Night? Sweating Bullets. Philip Purcell's public assault by the Group of Eight, former Morgan execs who also wield shareholder clout, is about more than just the investment bank. It's about power, pride and the price of bad leadership. |
The Motley Fool June 19, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley Stumbles In light of Morgan Stanley's dismal earnings release, let's get one thing straight: It could have been much, much worse. |
The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
Morgan Stanley's Mighty Swing The investment bank knocks results out of the park. Can it last? Investors, take note. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Will Leitch |
A Sporting Chance Morgan's shareholders are testy now, and they are looking for someone to blame for the company's ills. Having taken a 46% raise in a year in which his company's stock dropped 8.2 percent, chairman and CEO Philip Purcell makes an easy target. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007 |
High Flying CEOs A research report takes issue with Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack's liberal use of the firm's flying fleet. |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Has a Run on Goldman and Morgan Begun? NYU economics professor Nouriel Roubini may have been right. We could very well be witnessing the death throes of the modern U.S. investment bank. |
The Motley Fool March 22, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Worst to First at Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack has quickly put Morgan Stanley back on the pedestal of highly respected Wall Street firms. How long it stays there is anyone's guess, but now may not be the time for investors to bet against it. |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: Wall Street Pays for Performance As proxy statements roll out from Wall Street's finest, we're getting the full picture of just how much bank accounts are being padded. |
Registered Rep. August 26, 2009 Christina Mucciolo |
Bove Smites Morgan Stanley's Strategy, But Bullish On Brokerage Unit Morgan Stanley's recent move to increase trading risk and add traders a la Goldman Sachs is a just another bad strategy in a long line of lousy executions by management. |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Discover Spinoff: Denied? The Discover spinoff sounded good a few months ago. Things have changed. With many recent defections of Morgan's rainmakers, uncertainty about the company's leadership and takeover speculation in the stock, investors would be wise to wait for a bit more clarity. |
Registered Rep. May 17, 2005 Kristen French |
Throwing Its Weight Around: Morgan Stanley Pulls Ads From Media That Cover Its Woes Is Morgan Stanley, the subject of almost daily news reports since March, trying to silence its critics? |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley's Traders Score Big Morgan Stanley became the latest of the major investment banks to report better-than-expected earnings this week, sweetening some of the market's viciously sour mood. |
Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 John Churchill |
Morgan Stanley Earnings Up, Stock Down; Wealth Management Unit Raking In Assets And Advisors Morgan Stanley, perhaps in an effort to quell investor fears that it was on similarly shaky ground as Lehman Brothers, pre-announced its third-quarter earnings yesterday, surprising analysts with census beating results. |
Registered Rep. July 21, 2005 Kristen French |
On the Gossip Trail: Mack to Replace Schaefer--But With Whom? When Morgan Stanley announced that the head of its struggling retail brokerage unit was stepping down, Wall Street immediately began speculating about who will be chosen as his successor -- and what that successor might augur for the retail brokerage. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Kristen French |
Star Wars Recruiting competition between the top brokerage firms is fiercer than ever, and Morgan Stanley is currently wielding one of the most powerful deals on Wall Street. |
Registered Rep. April 27, 2004 Will Leitch |
Morgan, Restructuring Its Asset Management Unit, Closes 13 Funds Morgan Stanley announced it was dissolving 13 of its proprietary funds as part of its attempts to "streamline" its business for affluent investors. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Will Leitch |
So They've Got That Going for Them...Which Is Nice For all the problems it's been having in the last several months, Morgan Stanley can hang its hat on this good news: It is now the largest securities firm in the country. |
Registered Rep. August 2, 2005 Kristen French |
Mack to Morgan Brokers: `Don't Kiss My Ass' For Morgan Stanley brokers, the kind of flattery that Philip Purcell seemed to demand during his tenure isn't going to work on John Mack. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Morgan Moves On In the wake of a high-profile battle at the top, Morgan Stanley tries to get back to the business of business. But is the board up to snuff and concerned with protecting regular shareholders? |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Tom Taulli |
Goldman: Into the Private Equity Stratosphere Goldman is expected to raise a $19 billion private equity fund, which should be a nice boost for the firm's bottom line. Investors, take note. |