Morgan Stanley has an RX group?
Was looking at the bankruptcy league tables on pipeline.thedeal dot com and it says Morgan Stanley was #5 in q4 2017, #7/8 in q1/2 2018, #9 in q1 2020, for financial advisors. Other BBs banks like HSBC and UBS also appear, but MS is the most consistent.
I can't understand why they would appear because, as far as I am aware, BBs don't have RX groups due to potential conflicts with other parts of the bank. My theories for why MS appears are 1. this is some kind of error/misrepresenting data from S&T, lending, or other similar groups; 2. there is an RX group but it is niche and just a bunch of seniors like the M&A group at GS or a hostile takeover advisory group; or 3. they take a minor/subordinate role on some bankruptcies as a lender/give lending to a sponsor for some distressed company and that gets counted here.
Interested to hear what those more knowledgeable about this space than me think.
While I’m not familiar with the exact quantity / source of the fees you’re referencing - those are likely tied to their “Workout” team.
I’ve posted about this before, but the quick n dirty overview is that they cover distressed debt / assets in a portfolio monitoring type of capacity, and can act as a lender in corresponding scenarios by issuing DIP / super priorities.
Similar to LevFin - they can earn fees on these issuances, which in this case are associated with RX.
https://jobs.wallstreetfriends.org/companies/morgan-stanley/jobs/455846…
Would this be under the GCM division?
yes, would think so. GS has a similar rx division under levfin group which is part of financing
The majority of the banks I’ve come across typically house this team under credit / risk (BofA, UBS, MS).
However, this can be also be a function under Cap Markets (LevFin) at select banks.
It’s situationally dependent upon the respective bank’s org structure, and it’s also worth noting that this could impact the pay to a certain degree because of bonus pool allocations / base tiering.
Source: I’ve indirectly dealt with these teams before on matters pertaining to covenant breaches, involvement with stressed borrowers, pending lawsuits involving multiple counterparties. I.e., fun stuff that will wreck your weekend and make you want to smoke cigs.
interesting, i thought the MS one was liability management in GCM? is there another team within credit/risk?
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