Huge loss for Morgan Stanley caught by the housing crisis

Investment bank Morgan Stanley could lose nearly two-thirds of the 8.8 billion invested in global real estate fund, the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds (MSREF) VI International reports the Wall Street Journal. This loss represents about 5.4 billion dollars. If the information is confirmed, it would be the biggest loss ever by an investment fund specializing in real estate, the business daily said.

The losses would come from investments in such properties as the seat of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, an important project in Tokyo and Intercontinental hotels across Europe.

In the past 20 years, the real estate business at Morgan Stanley was one of the largest purchasers of goods in the world with $ 174 billion invested since 1991.This loss is even more of a challenge for Morgan Stanley, the bank tries to revive the industry. She has attempted to create a new fund to 10 billion dollars, the MSREF VII Global, but it could reap more than half.

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