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Morgan Stanley (MS) published a Sustainable Signals survey showing institutional investors expect sustainable investment allocations to grow more slowly than in 2025. The survey polled 900 institutional investors across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific between August and October 2026, all currently practicing or planning sustainable investing.
More than 80% expect allocations to increase over the next two years. Roughly 30% anticipate increases exceeding five percentage points, down from two-thirds in 2025. Data availability and consistency were a very significant concern for 64%, up from 47%. Two-thirds include responsible artificial intelligence in their sustainable investing strategies.
Morgan Stanley (MS) infrastructure funds and their partners completed the sale of Chicago Parking Meters to Stonepeak.
The sellers included funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, Allianz and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Chicago Parking Meters operates, manages and maintains Chicago’s on-street metered parking system, covering more than 38,000 spaces, including nearly 10,000 downtown.
Morgan Stanley (MS) won the Wealth Management Advisory Platform of the Year award at the 2026 Money Management Institute/Barron’s Industry Awards. The award recognized Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s Single Advisory Platform. The category covers features launched or substantially enhanced since June 2025 that improve the investor and advisor experience.
Morgan Stanley (MS) released its 2026 Retirement Plan Survey, showing sponsors view defined contribution plans as rivaling healthcare in employee value. 34% of sponsors said these retirement savings plans were employees’ most valued benefit, versus 15% in 2024. Meanwhile, 93% ranked them among employees’ top five benefits, tying healthcare.
Investment advisors or consultants ranked among the three most valuable resources for assessing plan investment options for 69% of sponsors. Independent research firm 8 Acre Perspective surveyed 200 plan sponsors between July and August 2026, representing organizations with at least $50 million in defined contribution plan assets.
Morgan Stanley (MS) investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners have acquired The Rapid Group, a rotating-equipment services provider.
The Rapid Group, headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey, provides inspection, repair and maintenance services to municipal, commercial and industrial customers. It helps maintain mechanical and electrical systems and restore operations after equipment failures. The business has more than 50 years of operating history and operates across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
Morgan Stanley Capital Partners plans to invest in the company’s people and capabilities, expand its geographic reach, and build on its organic growth and acquisition activity. The investment team sits within Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) reported record third-quarter Wealth Management net revenues of $9.1 billion as financial firms disclosed further client inflows. The unit recorded $232.4 billion in net new assets, $80.5 billion in fee-based flows and a 30.4% pre-tax margin. Client assets across wealth and investment management reached $10.5 trillion.
The broader backdrop included more than 440,000 new U.S. millionaires in 2025, bringing the total above 23.6 million, while inflation-adjusted median wealth per adult fell almost 20% since 2020. BlackRock reported $205 billion in third-quarter net inflows and $15.5 trillion under management at September 30. Schwab's quarterly core net new assets rose 38% year over year to $190.4 billion. Robinhood's second-quarter retirement assets under custody rose 82% year over year to $34.5 billion. LPL Financial recorded $13.5 billion in organic net new assets in August.
Morgan Stanley (MS) reported record third-quarter Wealth Management net revenues of $9.1 billion as client money flowed into financial firms. Its wealth business recorded $232.4 billion in net new assets, $80.5 billion in fee-based flows and a 30.4% pre-tax margin. Client assets across wealth and investment management reached $10.5 trillion.
Schwab (SCHW) reported record quarterly core net new assets of $190.4 billion, up 38% year over year. BlackRock (BLK) reported $205 billion in third-quarter net inflows and $15.5 trillion in assets under management at September 30. Robinhood (HOOD) reported second-quarter retirement assets under custody of $34.5 billion, up 82% year over year. LPL Financial (LPLA) recorded $13.5 billion in organic net new assets in August. These figures accompanied a UBS estimate that the United States added more than 440,000 millionaires in 2025.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced its third quarter 2026 financial results, which are now available on its Investor Relations website.
The results will be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K on October 14, 2026. A conference call to discuss the results is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. ET that day, with webcast playback available on the company's website.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MS) announced that its 1GT private climate equity strategy led a €49 million Series E funding round for Amber Electric, an energy flexibility platform for households. The capital will support Amber’s continued growth and expansion in Europe and follows a recent partnership with UK energy supplier E.ON, which also joined the round.
Amber, founded in Melbourne in 2017, is an energy retailer for Australian households and the country’s largest battery automation provider, with over 50% market share of automated batteries. Its Distributed Energy Resources platform and AI-based SmartShift technology optimize rooftop solar, residential batteries and electric vehicles using real-time wholesale energy prices, aiming to improve grid efficiency and integrate renewable energy.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MS) closed its inaugural North Haven Growth & Innovation Fund with $1.3 billion in oversubscribed capital commitments.
The fund is part of MSIM's $280 billion Alternatives platform and targets private, high-growth companies benefiting from sustained technological innovation. Morgan Stanley, its affiliates and employees collectively committed 24% of the fund’s capital, aligning the firm with investors. NHGIF will provide flexible capital across primary and secondary transactions, including company-led liquidity solutions, and has already invested in companies such as Databricks, Anduril and Ramp.