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Prime Brokerage Slips At Morgan Stanley

Bloomberg reports that Morgan Stanley Dean Witter lost European prime brokerage market share in the last two years as competitors made inroads into the market.

Industry newsletter, EuroHedge, has reported data which shows that Morgan Stanley's share of the market has declined from 60% to 45% over the last two years as rivals Goldman Sachs, Deutsche, CSFB, Barclays Capital, UBS and Merrill Lynch all gained market share.

Prime brokerage is a service provided to hedge funds which includes trading, stock lending, clearing, settlement and custody. Although Morgan Stanley remains the dominant force in European prime brokerage, Goldman now has a 21% market share, mostly due to the fact that it tends to win a lot of business from new hedge funds.

Prime brokerage is still a growing area and new entrants continue to enter the fray. BNP Paribas is thought to be starting up its own prime brokerage operation later this year.

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