Morgan Stanley’s RWAs top $500bn after biggest jump since 2020
Derivatives and SFTs propel bank’s RWAs to record high
Morgan Stanley’s standardised risk-weighted assets (RWAs) surged by $31.1 billion in the first quarter, hitting an all-time high of $502.6 billion.
The 6.5% rise marked the steepest quarterly increase since Q4 2020 and the fourth largest since at least 2014.
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