Morgan Stanley and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group have scaled back plans to fully merge their securities operations in Japan, citing ‘recent trends in the global financial regulatory environment’ in a jointly released November 18th ‘update’ to the original plan announced back in March. In the new arrangement, rather than create a single joint venture the two parent firms will continue to operate two subsidiaries.
The first, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities (already being referred to as ‘MUMSS’), will contain the existing wholesale and retail business of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities while gaining the investment banking operation of Morgan Stanley Japan.
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