Morgan Stanley European Fund News

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Morgan Stanley has been sued by an Alabama medical laboratory that claims it steered retirement plan business to ING U.S. Inc and others in exchange for extra fees in an illegal "pay-to-play" scheme.

As a banking adviser to General Motors when he was at Morgan Stanley, Dan Ammann got an upfront view of GM's spiral into bankruptcy in 2009 and subsequent restructuring.

Third Point LLC, the hedge-fund firm led by Daniel Loeb, exited its position in Morgan Stanley in the first quarter after the shares rallied.

Cabot Credit Management, based in Kings Hill, West Malling, to being acquired by the business founded in 1998 by New York-based Christopher Flowers.

Deutsche Bank AG said on Wednesday it has named Jerry Miller to run the German bank's asset and wealth management business in the Americas.

Michael Mayo , an analyst at CLSA Ltd., raised his share-price estimate on Morgan Stanley to $36 after Chief Executive Officer James Gorman said the firm may reach his profitability target next year.

Chief Executive James Gorman said he hopes the company will deliver its return-on-equity Goals By 2014 to shareholders at the annual meeting in Purchase, New York.

Traxis Partners is a boutique hedge fund founded by former Morgan Stanley global strategist Barton Biggs , who passed away in July 2012.

Morgan Stanley shareholders approved the securities firm's 2012 executive compensation plan, though by a smaller margin than a year ago.

Light, sweet crude in Houston has weakened to a bigger discount to oil in Louisiana and to international benchmark Brent because of shipping constraints.

Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index heading for a second day of gains, as retail sales in the U.S. unexpectedly increased last month, boosting the earnings outlook for the region's exporters.

Petrobras, as the state-run oil producer is known, is seeking to sell fixed-rate bonds due in three, five, 10 and 30 years as well as three- and five-year floating-rate bonds, according to a person familiar with the offering.

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West Texas Intermediate crude fell for a third day, the longest run of declines in four weeks, as OPEC boosted output to the highest level in five months.

Morgan Stanley has overhauled its trading infrastructure for U.S. equities to keep pace with a marketplace in which millionths of a second count.

With a very strong U.S. dollar, the spot price for gold for June Delivery at the COMEX division of the CME fell by $32, or 2.2%, settling at $1,436.60 an ounce.

Morgan Stanley re-hired John Collins, a mergers-and-acquisitions banker who left the firm three years ago to join Moelis & Co., for a newly created role as global operations officer for the investment-banking division.

Copper swung between gains and drops in New York as investors weighed speculation central banks will take more steps to spur growth against indications of bets on a lower market.

Thomas H. Lee Partners and an affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co. have agreed to buy CTI Foods.