Morgan Stanley has been operating in South Africa since establishing an office in Johannesburg in 1994. With full access to Morgan Stanley’s global network of industry, product and other experts, our South Africa regional specialists based in Johannesburg have advised clients on some of the largest and most complex mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, equity and debt capital raisings, spanning all sectors of the South African economy.
In addition, Morgan Stanley has been in an equally owned joint venture with Rand Merchant Bank (“RMB”), a division of FirstRand Limited since 2005. The RMB Morgan Stanley joint venture is recognised for providing our clients with market-leading sales and trading services for JSE Limited and A2X Markets equity and equity-linked securities, publishes top market research on South African companies and distributes Morgan Stanley’s global equity research in South Africa.
