Morgan Stanley Cuts Private Share Trading Costs:

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Morgan Stanley Cuts Private Share Trading Costs:

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4 months ago

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(HedgeCo.Net) Morgan Stanley’s decision to cut private-share trading fees in half on EquityZen—reducing buy-side and sell-side transaction fees to 2.5% from 5% for most trades, effective immediately—looks like a straightforward pricing move. It isn’t. It’s a signal that the bank believes the private-company secondary market is shifting from an occasional liquidity solution into a scalable, strategic pillar of modern wealth management.

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