What We Do
At Morgan Stanley, we advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for governments, institutions and individuals, and always do so with a standard of excellence.
Sales & Trading
Morgan Stanley is a market leader in the distribution and trading of Japanese and international equities, bonds and credit products, as well as foreign exchange and derivative products. We actively assess and manage risk, trade securities and structure as well as execute innovative transactions in a constantly changing global market.
Institutional Equities
Trading
Morgan Stanley offers a comprehensive array of equity trading and execution capabilities for all major listed and over-the-counter equity products, as well as structured products. We add value through trading expertise, state-of-the-art technology and market information to support best execution for clients.
Distribution
Our sales team serves as a bridge between our clients and the significant resources Morgan Stanley has to offer, by providing clients with the firm’s insightful equity research and extensive trading capabilities. We are able to offer individually tailored services and timely investment ideas.
Institutional Corporate Marketing
Leveraging Morgan Stanley’s broad access to major institutional investors in Japan and around the world, we advise companies on investor relations strategies and presentations to help expand their shareholder base and attract long-term investors.
STRUCTURED PRODUCTS
We provide clients with investment solutions through customized structured-products, as well as investment products including structured bonds for individual and institutional investors through other securities firms in Japan.
Equity Financing and Prime Brokerage
We provide equity financing and prime brokerage services for investment managers who seek to borrow shares for hedging or sale purposes. We also offer clients a comprehensive package of high quality services that include business administration, infrastructure and technology support, financing and securities lending.
Fixed Income
Credit Products
We underwrite and trade bonds from a diverse range of issuers, including private and public sector corporations, banks and government institutions. As part of client risk management support, we offer credit risk hedges and transaction services to help improve balance sheets for financial institutions. We are also a leading player in the Japanese distressed market, including distressed loans/bonds and special situations.
Interest Rate Products
We provide primary and secondary liquidity in Japanese Government Bonds as well as swaps and options markets, while providing specialized trading services for U.S. and European government bonds, foreign-currency-denominated government-guaranteed bonds, mortgage-backed securities, emerging bonds and derivatives. Drawing on Morgan Stanley’s market making experience and expertise in the world’s principal interest rate swaps market, we are also able to tailor and develop innovative instruments to requirements of a diverse client base, including institutional investors, government entities, hedge funds and portfolio managers.
Foreign Exchange
Leveraging Morgan Stanley’s global network, we offer our clients a wide range of services in all major currencies and emerging-market currencies, including customized financial solutions and trading strategies backed by our expertise in asset liability management (ALM)/quantitative analysis, as well as cross-border M&A-related financing and fund-raising transactions.
Securitization and Asset Finance
Morgan Stanley has been one of the leading arrangers / distributors of non-Japanese securitized products including CLOs (Collateralized Loan Obligations), syndicated loans or funds secured by real properties such as aircraft, commercial mortgages, etc. to Japanese institutional investors. We also actively arrange financing and investment products backed by a variety of commercial and financial receivables as well as commercial real estate in Japan.
Distribution
The sales function exists in all fixed-income product areas, connecting with wide range of clients, including institutional investors, regional financial institutions, corporations and foreign institutions. We offer yield-curve strategies to international and domestic institutions, asset liability management and risk management services to life insurance companies and banks, as well as investment strategies to hedge funds.
Research
We provide timely, in-depth analysis of companies and industries, markets and economies to investors.
Equity Research
We offer clients market insights and trading ideas through highly valued research and analysis of companies, industries and economies around the world. Our sector analysts provide in-depth analysis of each company, while economists and strategists focus on macroeconomic research with a broader perspective and provide high quality forecasts and market insights by working closely with sector analysts.
Fixed Income Research
We help clients navigate the world’s increasingly complex debt and FX markets. From valuations on debt securities to FX and rates strategy, our fixed-income research professionals offer investment ideas and insights into market trends for institutional clients, trading desks, salespeople and capital market participants.
Global Capital Markets
Morgan Stanley offers exceptional access to capital markets with outstanding equity and debt origination capabilities.
Equity Capital Markets
Collaborating with Morgan Stanley’s top-ranked research team and global sales and trading professionals, we integrate execution expertise, deep understanding of diverse local industries, and placement power to help clients receive the most value from each stage of a transaction. We have lead-managed many of the country’s most high-profile and complex equity and equity-linked offerings, ranging from global initial public offerings to convertible bond issues, equity derivatives business and follow-on offerings.
Debt Capital Markets
Working closely with the fixed-income sales and trading, syndicate and credit research teams, we originate, structure and execute public and private placement of various debt securities, including senior corporate bonds, hybrid securities, green bonds, medium-term notes, commercial paper and structured products, as well as derivatives of debt, credit and currency. With fresh ideas, local market insight and underwriting capabilities in domestic and international markets, we provide seamless advice and sophisticated solutions to a wide range of clients including corporates and financial institutions.
MORGAN STANLEY x MUFG
Morgan Stanley and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group launched their Global Strategic Alliance in 2008, and established a Japanese securities joint venture in May 2010.
Investment Banking
Morgan Stanley provides corporate clients with strategic advice and prominent execution services, utilizing global and sophisticated information-gathering capability, industry know-how and proven track record. Corporations, organizations and governments around the world rely on our reputation as a global leader in investment banking. Our advisory and capital-raising services are recognized as among the best in the industry.
Investment Management
Morgan Stanley strives to provide outstanding long-term investment performance, service and a comprehensive suite of investment management solutions to a diverse client base, including governments, institutions, corporations and individuals.
Investment Management
We provide institutional investors and other clients with investment management solutions across a variety of asset classes from traditional assets such as equities and bonds to alternative assets.
Go to Investment Management (Japanese)Real Estate
We are a non-discretionary investment advisor that provides real-estate advisory services, as well as property asset management services.
Awards
Japan’s Best Investment Bank
Japan’s Best Bank for ESG
Best Investment Bank
Best Bank for ESG
M&A Financial Adviser of the Year