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Morgan Stanley to slash 1,800 jobs

Morgan Stanley to slash 1,800 jobs

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London: Investment bank Morgan Stanley is all set to prune its workforce by 1,800 employees, or about 4% of its global manpower, in the wake of economic turmoil.

“Morgan Stanley is preparing to cut up to 1,800 jobs, or about 4% of its global workforce, as the financial crisis continues to take its toll on Wall Street," the Financial Times said.

Quoting people close to the situation the report said,“The fresh round of job cuts was part of Morgan Stanley’s efforts to reduce its staff to reflect sharply lower activity in areas ranging from capital markets to mergers and acquisitions."

The daily attributing to people close to the situation noted the redundancies would be spread across Morgan Stanley’s range of businesses and regions, but would not affect its wealth management unit.

“The cuts were likely to fall more heavily on the bank’s back-office and support functions," the report added.

According to the daily, the company’s executives said the firm wants to shrink its balance sheet and workforce to cope with the crisis.

For the full year 2008, Morgan Stanley’s profits tumbled to $1.7 billion, compared with $3.2 billion in the year-ago period. While its balance sheet dropped from “$1,000 billion-worth of assets to $650 billion as the company slashed its debt levels".

Financial institutions worldwide have cut thousands of jobs in recent months as part of their efforts to cope with the financial crisis, which even saw the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year.

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Published: 03 Feb 2009, 05:56 PM IST
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