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Morgan Stanley Eyes Startups Ahead of Potential IPO Rebound

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A Morgan Stanley partnership with Carta could result in more clients, and more assets, for its advisory business.

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Markets

BlackRock Strikes Deal With Banks to Provide Closely Held Bond Price Data

Real-time prices for corporate bonds are hard to come by. A handful of banks want to bring the closely guarded data into the 21st century.

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Inside Wells Fargo’s Bet on Independent Advisors

The wirehouse’s independent channel has become the fastest growing segment of its wealth management unit and helped retain advisors.

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Franklin Templeton Doubles Down on Alts

The California firm appointed George Stephan to the new position of Global COO of Wealth Management Alternatives.

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How Morgan Stanley’s AI Helped Close 100K New Clients This Year

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The investment bank rolled out a suite of AI tools this year and reported almost $64 billion in net new assets in the third quarter alone.

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Morgan Stanley Converts Mutual Funds into First ‘Pathway’ ETFs

Morgan Stanley is bolstering its ETF suite by converting two mutual funds into exchange-traded funds under the Morgan Stanley Pathway brand.

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Finance

How Will Wall Street’s AI Experiment End?

Like money, artificial intelligence never sleeps. Financial institutions have pulled out all the stops to fit AI into their own operations.

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ETFs

The Vanguard Patent Shaking Up the Fund Industry

Nearly 50 years ago, Vanguard disrupted the investing world by launching the first index fund for individual investors. Now comes the sequel.

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Advisory Firms Say Thanks, But No Thanks to AI

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Artificial intelligence may be one of the fastest-growing tools in business, but don’t tell that to the compliance department.

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International Economics

Amid Wars and Economic Malaise, Latin America Could Be a Place to Grow

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While most of the world faced a decrease in foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, Latin America stood as a strong outlier.

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