GLOBAL
1935
J.P. Morgan spins off its securities underwriting division following the enactment of the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act to form Morgan Stanley & Co., an independent investment bank
GLOBAL
1941
Morgan Stanley & Co. obtains membership on the New York Stock Exchange
GLOBAL
1969
Enters the real estate business
JAPAN
1970
Establishes a representative office in Tokyo
GLOBAL
1971
Enters the sales and trading business and establishes Mergers & Acquisitions Division
GLOBAL
1975
Starts asset management business for institutional investors
JAPAN
1984
Morgan Stanley International Ltd. (MSIL), Tokyo Branch opens
Obtains securities business license
GLOBAL
1986
Becomes publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange
JAPAN
1986
Obtains Tokyo Stock Exchange membership
JAPAN
1987
Morgan Stanley Investment Advisory Co., Limited (MSIA) opens
Obtains Osaka Securities Exchange membership
JAPAN
1988
MSIL is renamed Morgan Stanley Japan Limited (MSJL)
JAPAN
1989
Obtains Tokyo Financial Exchange membership
Obtains Nagoya Stock Exchange membership (2012 membership withdrawn)
JAPAN
1995
Renames MSIA, Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Co. Limited upon receiving a dual license for advisory and investment trust businesses in Japan
JAPAN
1996
Office moves from Otemachi to Ebisu
GLOBAL
1997
Morgan Stanley Group, Inc. merges with Dean Witter, Discover & Co. to become Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co.
GLOBAL
1998
Changes registered name to Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
JAPAN
1998
Commences real estate business
Establishes Morgan Stanley Properties Japan, K.K. (MSPJ)
JAPAN
1999
MSJL commences business as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Japan Limited (MSDWJL) following transfer of business from MSJL
GLOBAL
2001
Changes registered name to Morgan Stanley
JAPAN
2001
MSDWJL is renamed Morgan Stanley Japan Limited (MSJL)
JAPAN
2004
Obtains Jasdaq Securities Exchange membership
JAPAN
2005
Obtains Tokyo Commodity Exchange membership (2012 membership withdrawn)
JAPAN
2006
MSJL commences business as Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (MSJS) following the transfer of business from MSJL
GLOBAL
2007
Morgan Stanley completes spin-off of Discover
JAPAN
2007
Reorganizes Japan operations under a locally incorporated holding company, Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co., Ltd.
MSPJ is renamed Morgan Stanley Capital K.K after business operations of several related companies were subsumed under MSPJ
GLOBAL
2008
Morgan Stanley becomes a bank holding company
GLOBAL
2009
Establishes Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, a joint venture company with Citi in wealth management business
JAPAN
2010
MSJS changes its name to Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd. following the commencement of Morgan Stanley’s securities joint venture with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in Japan.
JAPAN
2012
Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Co. Limited is renamed Morgan Stanley Investment Management (Japan) Co., Ltd.
JAPAN
2014
Office moves from Ebisu to Otemachi