Defendant Name: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Defendant Type: Subsidiary of Public Company
Public Company Parent: Morgan Stanley
SIC Code: 6282
CUSIP: 61744644

Document Reference: 34-95924

Document Details

Legal Case Name In the Matter of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
Document Name Order Instituting Administrative And Cease-and-Desist Proceedings, Pursuant to Sections 15(b) and 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order
Document Date 27-Sep-2022
Document Format Administrative Proceeding
File Number 3-21169
Allegation Type Broker Dealer
Document Summary On September 27, 2022, the SEC instituted settled administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, stating: "From at least January 2018 to September 2021, Morgan Stanley employees sent and received off-channel communications that related to the business of the broker-dealers operated by Morgan Stanley. Respondents did not maintain or preserve the substantial majority of these written communications. Morgan Stanley's failure was firm-wide, and involved employees at all levels of authority. As a result, Morgan Stanley violated Section 17(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 17a-4(b)(4) thereunder."

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
Cease and Desist Order
Censured
Compliance Related Independent Consultant
Various undertakings
Cooperation Before the Resolution
Remedial Acts or Efforts Before the Resolution
Monetary Penalties:

Civil Penalty

Individual:     Shared:     $125,000,000.00
Shared with: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

Related Documents:

2022-174_3-21169 27-Sep-2022 Press Release--Administrative Proceeding
SEC Charges 16 Wall Street Firms with Widespread Recordkeeping Failures
On September 27, 2022, the SEC "announced charges against 15 broker-dealers and one affiliated investment adviser for widespread and longstanding failures by the firms and their employees to maintain and preserve electronic communications. The firms admitted the facts set forth in their respective SEC orders, acknowledged that their conduct violated recordkeeping provisions of the federal securities laws, agreed to pay combined penalties of more than $1.1 billion, and have begun implementing improvements to their compliance policies and procedures to settle these matters."

Other Defendants in Action:

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC