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As of 31 March 2026, total assets reached $1.87tn in investment management and $7.35tn in wealth management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Morgan Stanley has reported net income applicable to the firm of $5.5bn for the first quarter of 2026, up 29% from $4.3bn in the same period last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Net revenue for the quarter increased by 16% to $20.58bn from a year-ago level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The bank reported a return on tangible common equity of 27.1%, while its expense efficiency ratio stood at 65% in the first quarter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Its wealth management arm generated $8.5bn in revenue, against $7.3bn a year earlier. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The increase was linked to asset management income, client activity and net interest income. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During the quarter, the unit recorded $118bn in net new assets and $54bn in fee-based asset flows.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Total client assets in wealth management were $7.35tn as of 31 March 2026, up 22% year over year.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Revenue in investment management came to $1.5bn, versus $1.6bn a year earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The result was mainly attributed to asset management fees on higher average assets under management. Long-term net flows were positive at $3.3bn in the quarter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the investment management arm, total assets under management or supervision were $1.87tn, up 13% year over year as of 31 March 2026.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Institutional securities posted revenue of $10.7bn, up from $9bn in the same quarter last year. The change reflected results in markets operations amid higher market volatility and gains in investment banking, led by advisory work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The provision for credit losses was affected by individual assessments tied to certain commercial real estate loans, as well as greater macroeconomic uncertainty.<\/p>\n During the quarter, Morgan Stanley bought back $1.75bn of its common stock under its share repurchase programme. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Morgan Stanley reported a record quarter. Strong execution resulted in net revenues of $20.6 billion, EPS of $3.43 and a ROTCE of 27.1%. Institutional Securities benefited from robust client engagement and strength globally. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Wealth Management demonstrated continued momentum, with net new assets of $118 billion and fee-based asset flows of $54 billion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n BlackRock Q1 profit surges 46% to $2.12bn\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The company\u2019s assets under management were $13.89tn at quarter-end, compared with $11.58tn a year earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n BlackRock has reported net income of $2.12bn for the first quarter of 2026, up 46% from $1.5bn in the same period a year earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The firm recorded $130bn in total net inflows for the quarter, with iShares ETFs contributing to what it described as a record first quarter, alongside net inflows into active and private markets strategies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The company\u2019s assets under management were $13.89tn at quarter-end, compared with $11.58tn a year earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Revenue was $6.7bn, up 27% from a year earlier, which the company attributed to market effects, organic growth in base fees, fees linked to the HPS Transaction, and higher technology services and subscription revenue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Technology services and subscription revenue increased 22% year-over-year due to the momentum in Aladdin and the impact of the Preqin transaction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n GAAP operating income increased 66% year-over-year and GAAP diluted EPS rose 46%.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Operating income, as adjusted, rose 31% year-over-year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Investment advisory performance fees were $272m in the quarter, compared with $60m a year earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As of 31 March 2026, total assets reached $1.87tn in investment management and $7.35tn in wealth management.\u00a0 Morgan Stanley has reported net income applicable to the firm of $5.5bn for the first quarter of 2026, up 29% from $4.3bn in the same period last year.\u00a0 Net revenue for the quarter increased by 16% to $20.58bn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-rubriki"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Stanley-2-1140x445.jpg",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Stanley-2-463x348.jpg",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Stanley-2-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"full":["https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Stanley-2.jpg",1200,800,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5929,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927\/revisions\/5929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relinvestmentsgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}