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Morgan Stanley Layoff: Morgan Stanley, the world’s largest financial services company, has announced layoffs of a large number of employees. The company has said that it will reduce its workforce by 3 percent, which is equivalent to 2500 employees. A source close to the matter told news agency Reuters that the layoffs have been done in Investment Banking and Trading, Wealth Management and Investment Management divisions. However, according to the source, this will not have any impact on the financial advisor.
There will be layoffs despite profits
The surprising thing is that the bank broke the record in the year 2025. During this period, the annual revenue also reached its highest level till date. Fourth quarter profit also exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. This led to a 47 percent jump in the revenue of this investment banking because with the increase in dealmaking, debt underwriting fees also almost doubled. The bank entered the year 2026 with hope. During this time, many big things were said to happen like mergers and acquisitions as well as initial public offerings. In such a situation, the issue of retrenchment is beyond comprehension.
Then why are the lay-offs taking place?
Clarifying on this, the source said that job cuts were done on the basis of strategy and individual performance. The bank is also planning to do hiring in other areas. It is clear from this that the bank is changing its location strategy. Under this, a plan is being made to eliminate old roles and recruit new people where there is more potential for development. This means that this time Artificial Intelligence (AI) cannot be held responsible, rather the reason for the layoffs is something else. At the end of December, Morgan Stanley’s global workforce was 82,992.
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