Morgan Stanley (MS) posted a fourth-quarter loss after recording bigger-than-expected write-downs on assets hit by the credit crunch, and said it sold a $5 billion stake to China Investment Corp to boost capital.
The securities firm posted a net loss from continuing operations of $3.59 billion, or $3.61 a share, in the quarter ended November 30. A year earlier Morgan Stanley had income from continuing operations of $1.98 billion, or $1.87 a share. Morgan Stanley disclosed in November that it would be taking a charge of $3.7 billion because of losses in credit market investments. But the total for the quarter grew by an additional $5.7 billion, the earnings report showed. The $9.4 billion worth of writedowns reduced earnings by $5.80 per share in the fourth quarter.
According to Reuters net revenue was a negative $450 million, compared with $7.85 billion last year
The investment from China continues a trend of foreign sovereign funds buying into troubled US investment houses and banks Soon enough, many of the firms will have to relocate their headquarters to Beijing or Dubai.
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