Market Insight
Apr 30, 2018
In April, central banks' messaging about monetary policy appeared to diverge amidst mixed economic data and continued volatility.
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Market Insights
Mar 31, 2018
Major monetary policy updates from the Fed, ECB and the BoE during their March meetings were key market drivers during the month
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Market Insights
Feb 28, 2018
Amidst uncertainty in the markets in February, central banks in both the UK and U.S. modified their rate hike outlooks for the remainder of 2018 and beyond. Similarly, the ECB announced they would revisit their monetary policy as shown in the minutes from its January meeting.
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Market Insights
Jan 31, 2018
In January, both the European Central Bank (ECB) and Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept rates on hold, while investors have increased their expectations for a rate hike later this year in the UK.
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Market Outlook
Jan 05, 2018
The Global Emerging Markets Team discusses emerging markets (EM) and the approach they use to incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their process for picking sustainable countries and companies to invest in.
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Market Insights
Dec 31, 2017
In December, the FOMC raised interest rates by 0.25%, citing strong economic and labor data as the main catalysts for the rate hike. At both the ECB and BOE’s December meetings, interest rates were kept on hold.
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Regulatory
Dec 20, 2017
Originally released in 2010, Basel III focuses on preparing for bank runs and market stress while working primarily alongside Basel I and II rather than superseding those reforms.
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Regulatory
Dec 20, 2017
Basel III—a set of comprehensive reform measures aimed at strengthening the regulation, supervision, and risk management of the banking sector—is having a profound impact on the way banks view capital and deposits from investors. The new regulations are being implemented gradually by 2019, but the effects of the provisions are already being felt in the market as banks have started to adapt their behavior in line with the new rules.
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Market Insight
Dec 15, 2017
Following their December meeting, the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee gave market-friendly answers to several key questions.
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Regulatory
Dec 14, 2017
On December 7, 2016, the Permanent Representatives Committee approved, on behalf of the Council of the European Union, an agreement with the European Parliament on money market funds.
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MARKET INSIGHTS
Nov 30, 2017
In November, U.S. GDP was revised upward, while the Bank of England raised interest rates for the first time in ten years and members of the central bank in the Eurozone maintained a positive economic outlook.
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MARKET INSIGHTS
Oct 31, 2017
The Federal Open Market Committee and European Central Bank policy continued to diverge in October.
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Sustainability Insight
Oct 04, 2017
MSIM appreciates that ESG factors can impact long-term performance. With strong support from our Corporate Governance team, our managers incorporate a deep understanding of ESG into their analysis.
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Market Insights
Sep 30, 2017
During September, the U.S. faced increased concerns stemming from several major hurricanes, the debt ceiling, and continued geopolitical uncertainty.
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Regulatory
Sep 14, 2017
Since March 15, 2017, the U.S. Government has been using extraordinary measures to remain under the debt ceiling. Recent estimates are that these measures are likely to be exhausted in the beginning of October. Learn how our money market funds are positioned in light of this possibility.
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Market Insights
Aug 31, 2017
During August, the markets remained steady despite political uncertainty both in the U.S. and abroad.
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Education
Aug 24, 2017
A repurchase agreement (also known as a repo) is a sale of securities coupled with an agreement to repurchase the securities at a specified price on a later date. It is similar to a secured loan – the cash lender loans cash to a borrower and receives the borrower's securities as collateral.
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Education
Aug 24, 2017
VRDOs (also known as VRDNs) are debt instruments that generally allow issuers to receive financing at short-term rates when borrowing long-term. Making up approximately three-quarters of the total U.S. municipal money market, VRDOs can be a vital tool for municipal bond issuers seeking to diversify their debt structure and take advantage of the natural demand from tax-exempt money market funds.
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Market Insights
Jul 31, 2017
In July, the ECB and the FOMC kept interest rates steady amid mixed economic data.
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Announcement
Jul 18, 2017
Morgan Stanley Investment Management, in partnership with the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, today announced an important milestone in its ongoing commitment to sustainable investing with the launch of the Investment Management Sustainable Investing Council.
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Market Insights
Jun 30, 2017
As global political uncertainty persisted in June, investors shifted their focus to central bank meetings in the U.S., EU, and the U.K.
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Market Insights
May 31, 2017
In its May meeting, the FOMC voted to keep interest rates unchanged, which was largely expected by the markets.
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Market Insights
Mar 31, 2017
The FOMC raised interest rates for the third time since the 2008 financial crisis, which confirmed the Fed’s positive outlook on the economy and increased the current target interest rate range to between 75 and 100 bps. Fed Chair Janet Yellen cited growing confidence in the economy and markets generally reacted positively to the rate hike.
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