•	The Firm reported solid results with net revenues of $13.1 billion demonstrating the strength of our diversified franchise as the businesses navigated a challenging market environment.

Investment Banking revenues down 55% from a year ago:

•	Advisory revenues decreased from a year ago driven by lower levels of completed M&A transactions.

•	Equity underwriting revenues significantly decreased from a year ago on lower issuances given uncertainty in the markets.

•	Fixed income underwriting revenues decreased from a year ago as macroeconomic conditions contributed to lower issuances.

Equity net revenues up 5% from a year ago:

•	Equity net revenues increased from a year ago on continued strong client engagement and elevated market volatility, with particular strength in derivatives products and prime brokerage.

Fixed Income net revenues up 49% from a year ago:

•	Fixed Income net revenues increased substantially from a year ago reflecting strength in our macro businesses and in commodities on increased client activity and volatility in the markets.

Other:

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Other revenues decreased from a year ago driven by mark-to-market losses on corporate loans held for sale, net of hedges, reflecting the widening of credit spreads in the quarter. Mark-to-market losses on investments associated with certain employee deferred compensation plans also contributed to the decline.

Net revenues decreased 6% from a year ago:

•	Asset management revenues increased 2% reflecting higher asset levels driven by continued positive fee-based flows, partially offset by lower market levels compared to a year ago.

•	Transactional revenues13 decreased 17% excluding the impact of mark-to-market losses on investments associated with certain employee deferred compensation plans. The decrease was driven by lower client activity from a strong prior year period.

•	Net interest income increased from a year ago on higher interest rates and continued bank lending growth.

Total Expenses:

•	Compensation expense decreased driven by a decline primarily related to certain deferred compensation plans linked to investment performance.

Net revenues down 17% from a year ago:

•	Asset management and related fees decreased from a year ago driven by lower AUM, primarily due to the decline in equity markets.

•	Performance-based income and other revenues decreased from a year ago primarily reflecting mark-to-market losses on investments associated with certain employee deferred compensation plans and lower marks on public investments reflecting the decline in the equity markets.

 

Capital14		2Q 2022				2Q 2021
Standardized Approach
CET1 capital15			15.2	%			16.6	%
Tier 1 capital15			16.9	%			18.3	%
Advanced Approach
CET1 capital15			15.4	%			17.7	%
Tier 1 capital15			17.1	%			19.5	%
Leverage-based capital
Tier 1 leverage16			6.6	%			7.5	%
SLR17			5.4	%			5.9	%
Common Stock Repurchases
Repurchases ($ millions)		$	2,738			$	2,939
Number of Shares (millions)			33				34
Average Price		$	82.05			$	86.21
Period End Shares (millions)			1,723				1,834
Tax Rate			23.6	%			23.1	%

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A financial summary follows. Financial, statistical and business-related information, as well as information regarding business and segment trends, is included in the financial supplement. Both the earnings release and the financial supplement are available online in the Investor Relations section at www.morganstanley.com.

NOTICE:

The information provided herein and in the financial supplement, including information provided on the Firm’s earnings conference calls, may include certain non-GAAP financial measures. The definition of such measures or reconciliation of such measures to the comparable U.S. GAAP figures are included in this earnings release and the financial supplement, both of which are available on www.morganstanley.com.

This earnings release may contain forward-looking statements, including the attainment of certain financial and other targets, objectives and goals. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made, which reflect management’s current estimates, projections, expectations, assumptions, interpretations or beliefs and which are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. For a discussion of risks and uncertainties that may affect the future results of the Firm, please see “Forward-Looking Statements” preceding Part I, Item 1, “Competition” and “Supervision and Regulation” in Part I, Item 1, “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, “Legal Proceedings” in Part I, Item 3, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 and “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Risk” in Part II, Item 7A in the Firm’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and other items throughout the Form 10-K, the Firm’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the Firm’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, including any amendments thereto.

¹ Includes preferred dividends related to the calculation of earnings per share of $104 million and $103 million for the second quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively.

 

² The Firm prepares its Consolidated Financial Statements using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP). From time to time, Morgan Stanley may disclose certain “non-GAAP financial measures” in the course of its earnings releases, earnings conference calls, financial presentations and otherwise. The Securities and Exchange Commission defines a “non-GAAP financial measure” as a numerical measure of historical or future financial performance, financial position, or cash flows that is subject to adjustments that effectively exclude, or include amounts from the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by Morgan Stanley are provided as additional information to analysts, investors and other stakeholders in order to provide them with greater transparency about, or an alternative method for assessing our financial condition, operating results, or capital adequacy. These measures are not in accordance with, or a substitute for U.S. GAAP, and may be different from or inconsistent with non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Whenever we refer to a non-GAAP financial measure, we will also generally define it or present the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, along with a reconciliation of the differences between the non-GAAP financial measure we reference and such comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure.

³ Our earnings releases, earnings conference calls, financial presentations and other communications may also include certain metrics which we believe to be useful to us, analysts, investors, and other stakeholders by providing further transparency about, or an additional means of assessing, our financial condition and operating results.

 

⁴ Return on average tangible common equity and return on average tangible common equity excluding integration-related expenses are non-GAAP financial measures that the Firm considers useful for analysts, investors and other stakeholders to allow comparability of period-to-period operating performance and capital adequacy.  The calculation of return on average tangible common equity represents full year or annualized net income applicable to Morgan Stanley less preferred dividends as a percentage of average tangible common equity.  Tangible common equity, also a non-GAAP financial measure, represents common equity less goodwill and intangible assets net of allowable mortgage servicing rights deduction. The calculation of return on average tangible common equity excluding integration-related expenses is adjusted in both the numerator and the denominator to exclude the integration-related expenses associated with the acquisitions of E*TRADE and Eaton Vance.

 

⁵ The Firm’s and business segment’s second quarter results for 2022 and 2021 include integration-related expenses as a result of the E*TRADE and Eaton Vance acquisitions reported in the Wealth Management segment and Investment Management segment, respectively. The amounts are presented as follows (in millions):

 

 

⁶ The Firm expense efficiency ratio represents total non-interest expenses as a percentage of net revenues. The Firm expense efficiency ratio excluding integration-related expenses is a non-GAAP financial measure that the Firm considers useful for analysts, investors and other stakeholders to allow comparability of period-to-period operating performance.

 

⁷ Pre-tax margin represents income before taxes divided by net revenues.  Wealth Management pre-tax margin excluding the integration-related expenses represents income before taxes less those expenses divided by net revenues.  Wealth Management pre-tax margin excluding integration-related expenses is a non-GAAP financial measure that the Firm considers useful for analysts, investors and other stakeholders to allow comparability of period-to-period operating performance.

 

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⁸ Pre-tax income represents income before taxes.

 

⁹ Wealth Management fee-based client assets represent the amount of assets in client accounts where the basis of payment for services is a fee calculated on those assets.

 

¹⁰ Wealth Management fee-based asset flows include net new fee-based assets (including asset acquisitions), net account transfers, dividends, interest, and client fees, and exclude institutional cash management related activity.

 

¹¹ AUM is defined as assets under management or supervision.

 

¹² Long-term net flows include the Equity, Fixed Income and Alternative and Solutions asset classes and excludes the Liquidity and Overlay Services asset class.

 

¹³ Transactional revenues include investment banking, trading, and commissions and fee revenues.  Transactional revenues excluding the impact of mark-to-market gains/losses on investments associated with certain employee deferred compensation plans is a non-GAAP financial measure that the Firm considers useful for analysts, investors and other stakeholders to allow better comparability of period-to-period operating performance and capital adequacy.

 

¹⁴ Capital ratios are estimates as of the press release date, July 14, 2022.

 

¹⁵ CET1 capital is defined as Common Equity Tier 1 capital.  The Firm’s risk-based capital ratios are computed under each of the (i) standardized approaches for calculating credit risk and market risk risk‐weighted assets (RWAs) (the “Standardized Approach”) and (ii) applicable advanced approaches for calculating credit risk, market risk and operational risk RWAs (the “Advanced Approach”).  For information on the calculation of regulatory capital and ratios, and associated regulatory requirements, please refer to "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Regulatory Requirements" in the Firm’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (2021 Form 10-K).

 

¹⁶ The Tier 1 leverage ratio is a leverage-based capital requirement that measures the Firm’s leverage.  Tier 1 leverage ratio utilizes Tier 1 capital as the numerator and average adjusted assets as the denominator.

 

¹⁷ The Firm’s supplementary leverage ratio (SLR) utilizes a Tier 1 capital numerator of approximately $77.8 billion and $84.6 billion, and supplementary leverage exposure denominator of approximately $1.45 trillion and $1.44 trillion, for the second quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively.