In addition, Morgan Stanley will discontinue its UK-based residential mortgage lending business, Advantage Home Loans. Approximately 1,000 employees in the US and the UK will be affected by this restructuring.
Morgan Stanley will continue to service mortgage loans in the US through its Saxon Mortgage Services platform, based in Fort Worth, Texas. In addition, the firm will still offer residential mortgages to its retail brokerage clients through Morgan Stanley Credit Corporation, preserving a successful partnership between the institutional securities business and global wealth management.
Anthony Meola, COO of the US residential business at Morgan Stanley, said: Given the continued dislocation in the mortgage markets, we have restructured our residential mortgage business to ensure we are appropriately positioned for the environment going forward.
