Inside Morgan Stanley’s $7 billion deal for Eaton Vance
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The deal adds to the $13 billion acquisition of the discount brokerage E-Trade as the wirehouse looks to evolve beyond its investment banking roots
Morgan Stanley's James Gorman continues to take advantage of the shifting landscape for financial services to build the franchise beyond its investment banking and retail brokerage roots.
For the past decade, Gorman, who became CEO in 2010, has focused on integrating Smith Barney's financial adv
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