Morgan Stanley (MS)

Morgan Stanley was accused in a lawsuit, filed by the public employees' retirement system of the Virgin Islands, of defrauding investors in a collateralized debt obligation, called the Libertas CDO, by collaborating with ratings companies to place triple-A ratings on the notes.
Morgan Stanley, the sixth-biggest U.S. lender by assets, arranged the offering as it was short-selling almost the entire $1.2 billion worth of assets in the CDO, according to a complaint filed today in federal court in New York. Morgan Stanley was betting the entire investment it was promoting would fail, the public employees' retirement system of the Virgin Islands said in the complaint. The firm achieved its objective.

Jan 1 · 3:26:00 PM · Source: Business Week
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by Michael Oliveto