Analysis, Markets

Explainer: loose lips at the heart of Morgan Stanley’s block trading debacle

By Ellesheva Kissin
block trading
Image: Bloomberg

Morgan Stanley paid $249m to settle criminal and regulatory investigations into its block trading business on January 12. 

The issue centred around employees sharing information about clients’ stock sales, the Manhattan US attorney’s office said. This action ran parallel to the

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