Morgan Stanley To Settle California AG Suit Over RMBS For $150M

Mealey's (April 26, 2019, 1:46 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and several of its subsidiaries will pay $150 million to settle claims brought by the California attorney general that the defendants deceived investors by misrepresenting the investment quality of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) they sponsored and brokered in years before the 2008 financial crisis, according to documents filed in California federal court on April 25 (People of the State of California v. Morgan Stanley, No. 16-551238, Calif. Super., San Francisco Co.)....

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