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Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) will raise its quarterly common stock dividend to $1.15 per share from $1.00, beginning with the dividend expected to be declared in the third quarter of 2026.
The board also reauthorized a multi-year common equity share repurchase program of up to $20 billion, starting in the third quarter of 2026 with no set expiration date. According to Morgan Stanley, its current U.S. Basel III Standardized Approach CET1 ratio is 15.1% versus an aggregate requirement of 11.8%, including a 4.3% Stress Capital Buffer expected to remain in place until October 1, 2027.
Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. (NYSE: MS) received an “Outstanding” Community Reinvestment Act rating from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, its tenth consecutive top rating across both banks.
The OCC cited $5.5 billion in community development loans and investments, including major affordable housing, healthcare, and small-business financing initiatives.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), through Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, and partner Ridgeback Group acquired Metra Living, the Private Rented Sector business of L&Q, for an enterprise value of £1.045 billion.
The deal includes about 3,200 homes across Greater London, a fully integrated operating platform, staff, and £300 million of external debt facilities.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), through funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, acquired a 300,000-square-foot mission-critical defense manufacturing facility in Taunton, MA, about 40 miles south of Boston.
The property sits on over 25 acres, has a long-term absolute triple net lease with a leading defense contractor, and aligns with MSREI's focus on institutional-quality net lease assets anchored by investment-grade tenants. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (MS) announced a referral arrangement with Galaxy Digital that lets eligible clients lend crypto assets and receive spot crypto ETP shares, including the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT).
The program may cut onboarding times by up to 75% and lowers Galaxy’s lending minimum for referred clients from $25 million to $5 million, broadening access for qualified investors.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) announced that funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital led a $33 million growth financing for AI medical imaging software company Subtle Medical. Total capital raised for Subtle Medical now stands at $86 million.
The funding will support product development and commercial expansion in the US and internationally. Subtle Medical offers 11 FDA-cleared MRI, PET and CT software products, deployed on more than 1,300 scanners globally.
MS (NYSE:MS) announced final results of voluntary tender offers by Eaton Vance funds EVV, EFR, and EVF for up to 100% of their auction preferred shares (APS) at 98% of the $25,000 liquidation preference plus accrued dividends.
Participation was very high: EVV and EFR repurchased roughly 98–100% of each APS series, while EVF repurchased 77.66–85.11%. The offers expired on May 29, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. New York City Time.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced that Chairman and CEO Ted Pick will speak at the Annual Morgan Stanley U.S. Financials Conference on June 9, 2026, at 12:05 p.m. ET.
A live and on-demand webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section of morganstanley.com.
Eaton Vance closed-end funds (NYSE:MS) remind investors that voluntary tender offers for up to 100% of each fund’s outstanding auction preferred shares (APS), launched April 30, 2026, are intended to expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City Time on May 29, 2026.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced the winners of its 2026 Strategy Challenge, its flagship pro bono consulting program for nonprofits in the U.S. and UK. Over 10 weeks, employees delivered more than 11,000 hours of consulting to 14 nonprofits.
Winning teams supported Hour Children in the U.S., designing a hybrid financial literacy model for formerly incarcerated women, and Mental Health Innovations in the UK, proposing a scalable digital early-intervention mental health platform for children aged 10–13 in collaboration with Place2Be.