Morgan Stanley Reports a Possible $1.7B in Mortgage-Backed Securities Losses

Morgan Stanley says it may sustain $1.7B in losses over a number of securities fraud cases related to subprime mortgage deals. Citigroup Inc.’s (C.N) Citibank is the plaintiff of the securities lawsuit over the Capmark VI CDO and STACK 2006-1 CDO deals, while there are 15 plaintiffs seeking punitive damages over Cheyne Finance, a structured investment vehicle. Morgan Stanley is also reporting losses over a mortgage-backed security deal involving MBIA Corp.

Our securities fraud attorneys would like you to contact us if you are someone who sustained financial losses in any of these MBS deals with Morgan Stanley. Here are more details about the cases:

• Morgan Stanley says the losses in the Citibank securities fraud lawsuit may be a minimum of $269M over a credit default swap on the Capmark VI CDO deal and another one on the credit default swap involving the STACK 2006-1 CDO deal.

• The financial firm is reporting that it may possibly incur $983 million in damages over the Cheyne deal.

• At least $223M may have been lost on an insurance contract with MBIA Corp. over a mortgage-backed security deal.

Morgan Stanley’s loss forecast doesn’t include interest, legal fees, costs, and other ancillary items. There are also other securities lawsuits involving Morgan Stanley, including:

• Allstate’s complaint over investment losses related to residential mortgage-backed securities. The insurer, who purchased over $104 million in MBS from the financial firm and its affiliates, claims that financial firm misrepresented the quality of the mortgages while claiming it had performed due diligence on the loans and mortgage originators. Many of these originators have since closed office or filed for bankruptcy and they are the defendants in government investigations/securities lawsuits.

• MBIA is suing Morgan Stanley over claims that the financial firm made misrepresentations regarding the underwriting standards of bonds that it would go on to insure. The underwriting standards are for securities based on about 5,000 subordinate-lien residential mortgages. The bond insurer claims it has already paid out tens of millions of dollars in claims that were never reimbursed.

Mortgage-Backed Securities
These debt obligations represent claims to the cash flow from mortgage loan pools. Mortgage companies, banks, and other originators put together these pools by a private, governmental, or quasi-governmental entity, which then issues securities representing claims on principal and interest payments that borrowers made on the pool’s loans. This process is called securitization. Types of MBS include pass-through participation certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations, or mortgage derivatives.

If you are an investor who suffered financial losses from investing in mortgage-backed securities, you may have reason to file a securities case against the financial firm that handled your MBS. Our stockbroker fraud lawyers have helped thousands of clients recoup their losses.

M. Stanley may have to pay $1.7 billion in MBS cases, MSNBC, August 8, 2011

Bond Insurer Sues Morgan Stanley—What Are the Ramifications?, CNBC, December 9, 2010

Allstate Sues Morgan Stanley Over Mortgage-Backed Securities, Property Casualty 360, July 7, 2011

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