2020 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $11 million
Consolidated Global TMC: Amex GBT
BTN estimates that Morgan Stanley’s 2020 U.S-booked air
volume was $11 million, down from the $67 million spent in 2019. The company’s
CEO James Gorman announced in June 2021 that not only did he want employees
back in the office by Labor Day, but he also wanted to resume face-to-face
meetings. Those plans took a turn in late summer because of the spread of the
Covid-19 delta variant. As of a report in August, the company’s U.S.-based
employees will be required to show proof of vaccination beginning Oct. 1 in
order to enter Morgan Stanley buildings, and those who are unvaccinated will
continue to work from home.
The company reported $48.2 billion in net revenues in fiscal
year 2020 through Dec. 31, 2020, up 16 percent from the $41.4 billion reported
in fiscal year 2019. In October 2020, Morgan Stanley completed the $13 billion
acquisition of E*Trade Financial Corp. as well as entered into an agreement to
acquire Eaton Vance Corp, which closed in March 2021. In April 2021, it
announced the sale of E*Trade Advisor Services for $55 million; the deal is
expected to close in the third quarter of 2021.
Morgan Stanley joined the Partnership for Carbon Accounting
Financials in 2020. It aims to achieve carbon neutrality across its global
operations and business travel by 2022 and announced in September 2020 its
commitment to reach net-zero financed emissions by 2050. The company’s most
recent Scope 3 emissions data, which includes business travel, was for 2019, in
which Morgan Stanley reported 99,890 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
emissions, down from 122,004 reported in 2018.
The company had about 68,000 employees as of Dec. 31, 2020,
based in 39 countries, up from approximately 60,000 employees in 41 countries
as of Dec. 31, 2019.