FinTech Magazine - March 2023 | Page 34

Morgan Stanley at Work reshaping private markets liquidity Although IPOs are generally considered the ultimate liquidity event , private capital markets are continuing to gain momentum in terms of investment interest . As a result , many companies are able to generate the funds required to provide employees with some liquidity on their equity packages , without going public .
These types of events , however – and the management of successful equity programmes – require considerable groundwork to be viable .
And that ’ s where Morgan Stanley at Work comes in : a division of Morgan Stanley that is focused entirely on private and public company share plan administration solutions that empower companies in providing employees workplace financial benefits .
Their offering covers equity management , retirement solutions and financial wellness . For private companies wanting to maximize the benefit of their equity programmes , Morgan Stanley at Work offers a number of liquidity solutions .
Morgan Stanley ’ s day-to-day operations primarily consist of investment banking and financial services , so offering solutions that aid in the path to the public markets beyond raising capital has been a natural progression . As a global corporation , it is uniquely positioned to provide an equity management system for the private market that can facilitate recordkeeping , transactions , and money movement .
“ If you ' re a public company , that infrastructure already exists in the form of transfer agents and clearing brokers , where you can easily buy and sell stocks in a public
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