Download Accolades and Accomplishments of Morgan Stanley

Accolades and Accomplishments
of Morgan Stanley
In 2014, Morgan Stanley surpassed $2 trillion in client assets in its Wealth Management
business — a milestone both in the growth of our firm and in the transformation of our
business model.1 The commitment to excellence that we hold can best be seen in our
people and their unwavering dedication to our clients and communities. What follows are
several notable achievements of the past 12 months.
Morgan Stanley claimed more spots on the list of the “2014 Top 100 Financial Advisors” than any
other firm. Thirty-one of our Financial Advisors were named to the list, including the Number One
spot and six of the top 10. — Barron’s, April 21, 2014
One-hundred sixteen Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors were listed on the Financial Times’
“FT 400 Top Financial Advisors.” — Financial Times, March 25, 2014
Morgan Stanley received the Best Execution award for its Matrix platform at the 2014 Profit &
Loss Digital FX Awards. — Profit & Loss, May 1, 2014
Morgan Stanley had 16 Financial Advisors named to the 2014 list of “Top 100 Women Financial
Advisors,” including the Number One spot. — Barron’s, June 9, 2014
Morgan Stanley was named one of the “Best Places to Work 2014 for LGBT Equality” for the
seventh consecutive year. — Human Rights Campaign, December 9, 2013
Thomson Reuters “League Tables” rank Morgan Stanley near the top in multiple categories: #2 in
Global Announced M&A, #2 in Global Completed M&A, #4 in Global Equity and #3 in Global
IPOs. — Thomson Reuters, 2Q 2014
Morgan Stanley achieved a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2014
Corporate Equality Index. — Human Rights Campaign, December 9, 2013
Our Accolades and Accomplishments
Morgan Stanley broke its own firm record for employee giving during its ninth annual Global
Volunteer Month, with employees giving 209, 304 hours of service. Since the launch of Global
Volunteer Month in 2006, employees have delivered more than 1 million hours of volunteer
service. — Morgan Stanley, July 22, 2014
In 2014, Euromoney magazine awarded Morgan Stanley for excellence in several categories
including Best Global Equity House and Best Bank for Corporate Social Responsibility. —
Euromoney, July 10, 2014
Morgan Stanley was named to the list of “2013 Working Mother 100 Best Companies,” which was
its 13th consecutive year on the list. — Working Mother, September 18, 2013
Morgan Stanley received the Number One ranking for all evaluated large-cap companies, Number
One ranking across all evaluated financial services companies and Number One ranking across all
evaluated companies for its organizational commitment in The Civic 50. — Bloomberg, The National
Conference on Citizenship and Points of Light, December 5, 2014
Morgan Stanley was named to the list of “World’s Best Investment Banks 2014 Awards” in three
categories by Global Finance: Best in Emerging Markets, Best Equity Bank (Regional Winner for
Nordic) and Best M&A Bank (Regional Winner for Asia-Pacific). — Global Finance, February 25, 2014
The Consulting Group at Morgan Stanley was named the leader in the managed accounts industry,
with the Number One ranking in three industry-leading advisory programs: Separately Managed
Accounts, Portfolio Management and Unified Managed Accounts. — Cerulli Associates, Managed
Accounts Summary, 2Q 2014
Information for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management as of
June 30, 2014.
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Sources: Barron’s “Top 100 Financial Advisors” and “Top 100 Women
Financial Advisors,” Financial Times’ (FT) “Top 400 Financial Advisors,” and
PLANADVISER’s Top 100 Retirement Plan Advisors.
Each organization has its own rating criteria for Financial Advisor nominations.
• Barron’s bases its ratings on qualitative criteria: professionals with a minimum
of seven years of financial services experience, acceptable compliance
records, client retention reports, customer satisfaction and more. Financial
Advisors are quantitatively rated based on varying types of revenues and
assets advised by the financial professional, with weightings associated for
each. Because individual client portfolio performance varies and is typically
unaudited, this rating focuses on customer satisfaction and quality of advice.
• Financial Times’ criteria are based, in part, upon data gathered from and
verified by Morgan Stanley as well as qualitative and quantitative criteria,
including, but not limited to, assets under management, asset growth,
compliance records and experience. Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors
were nominated by Morgan Stanley.
© 2014 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. Member SIPC.
• PLANSPONSOR/PLANADVISER magazines base their rankings on quantitative
criteria. For more information on ranking methodology, go to http://www.
planadviser.com/top100.aspx.
The ratings may not be representative of any one client’s experience because it
reflects a sample of all of the experiences of the Financial Advisor’s clients. The
rating is not indicative of the Financial Advisor’s or Private Wealth Advisor’s future
performance. Neither Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“Morgan Stanley”)
nor its Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors pay a fee to the rating
organizations in exchange for the rating.
Cerulli Associates, 2Q 2014 Summary. Cerulli Associates’ data are based on
data submitted by firms participating in Cerulli’s survey. Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management was ranked No. 1 in terms of assets under management out of
the firms listed in the industry for the quarter with respect to Top Managed
Account Program Sponsors Across All Industry Segments. This category includes
separate account consultant programs, mutual fund advisory programs, ETF
advisory programs, rep as portfolio manager programs, rep as advisor programs
and unified managed account programs.
Consulting Group is a business of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.
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