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Morgan Stanley plays beat the clock

The company is in a race against time to prove that it makes sense as a stand-alone, publicly traded investment firm

Is Morgan Stanley shrinking to fit or trying to manage what will prove an inexorable decline?

James Gorman's bet is to streamline and reorient Morgan's businesses in anticipation of global markets and economic conditions normalising. Above, the company's headquarters in New York.

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