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Morgan Stanley analysts say UBS restructuring has ‘raised stakes’

Banks team led by Huw van Steenis argues the global investment banking industry requires further cuts and restructurings despite reductions already made in the past year

Morgan Stanley’s bank analyst team has called for further cuts and restructurings across the global investment banking industry and has said that the sweeping changes at UBS “have raised the stakes” for rivals.

The team said in an update to its 84-page report on the future of the investment banking industry report, which was co-authored with Oliver Wyman in March, that: "Significant restructuring is still required to restore industry returns."

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