Morgan Stanley Announces Revision to Stress Capital Buffer

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On September 4, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) released corrected CCAR 2020 results showing that Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) will be subject to a Stress Capital Buffer (SCB) of 5.7%, which is 0.2% lower than the previously announced SCB of 5.9%. This SCB will be in effect from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021. Together with other features of the regulatory capital framework, this correction results in an aggregate U.S. Basel III Standardized Approach Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio of 13.2% instead of 13.4%, as previously announced. The Firm’s U.S. Basel III Standardized Approach CET1 ratio was 16.5% as of June 30, 2020.

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