Morgan Stanley Real Estate took 18 awards, most notably Best Global Real Estate Investment Manager and Best Global Real Estate Investment Bank, as well as several regional best-in-class awards, as part of Euromoney's third annual survey of real estate investors, advisors, developers and financial institutions in 50 countries worldwide.

The Liquid Real Estate Awards, as the magazine renamed them this year, recognize those firms that offer the best real estate products and services. The awards were presented at the Euromoney Real Estate Awards Dinner in London on September 25, 2007.

"While some houses have moved in and out of the market, Morgan Stanley has stayed put and maintained a substantial and stable team — with spectacular results," the editors wrote. That the Firm should then be tagged number one in the business was to them unsurprising.

In addition to top honors, Morgan Stanley Real Estate won (2006 rankings appear in parentheses):

• Western Europe - Investment Banking (1)
• Western Europe - CMBS (not ranked)
• Latin America - Investment Management (region not included)
• Brazil - Investment Management (not ranked)
• France - Investment Banking (3)
• France - Equity Related Issues
• France - CMBS
• France - RMBS
• Germany - Investment Management (not ranked)
• Germany - Investment Banking (2)
• Russia - Investment Banking (not ranked)
• Russia - Equity Related Issues
• United Arab Emirates - Equity Related Issues (not ranked)
• United Kingdom - Investment Banking (1)
• United Kingdom - Equity Related Issues
• Czech Republic - Investment Banking (not ranked)
  

The group's total awards take this year more than doubled, up from eight last year.

Morgan Stanley Real Estate currently ranks first in both Global and European Real Estate M&A and CMBS, and second in Global Real Estate Equity, according to Thomson. The real estate investing piece of the platform currently has US$68bn in assets under management.

The survey received 570 valid responses from a poll conducted during the second quarter of 2007.