Morgan Stanley mit Einstellungsstopp im Investmentbanking. Steht an der Wallstreet eine schwere Zeit bevor?

Die Zeichen für die großen Player an der Wallstreet könnten definitiv besser sein; es deutet vieles auf bevorstehende Gewinneinbrüche hin. Wie es aussieht hat Morgan Stanley mittlerweile im Bereich des Investmentbankings einen Einstellungsstopp verfügt:

Morgan Stanley, the sixth-largest U.S. bank by assets, froze hiring at its investment-banking division for the rest of 2010

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The freeze, which includes the New York-based firm’s sales and trading units, comes as weak trading and equity underwriting volume may lead the five largest Wall Street banks to post their lowest revenue from investment banking and trading since the fourth quarter of 2008. Bank of America Corp. is firing as many as 400 employees in its global banking and markets division, a person briefed on the matter said last week.

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Companies including Barclays Capital and Credit Suisse Group AG also have started reducing staff in Europe. Securities firms around the world will cut as many as 80,000 jobs in the next 18 months as revenue growth begins to slow, bank analyst Meredith Whitney of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group LLC said in a report dated Aug. 31.

Dies kann durchaus als ein weiteres Zeichen dafür gedeutet werden, dass den mächtigen Finanzinstitutionen an der Wallstreet eine weniger rosige Zeit bevorsteht.