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Morgan Stanley fined $5 mn over Facebook IPO

Dec 19 2012, 12:37am CST | by

New York, Dec 19 (IANS) Morgan Stanley, the main underwriter for Facebook's initial public offering (IPO), has agreed to pay $5 million to Massachusetts' securities regulators as it was accused of disclosing downgraded revenue forecast only to certain analysts but not main street investors.

New York, Dec 19 — Morgan Stanley, the main underwriter for Facebook's initial public offering (IPO), has agreed to pay $5 million to Massachusetts' securities regulators as it was accused of...

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Year after IPO, Facebook aims to bag ads

Source: Northwest Arkansas Online  |   May 20 2013, 3:19am CDT

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A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

Source: Boston.com  |   May 19 2013, 8:07pm CDT

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A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

Source: Miami Herald  |   May 19 2013, 8:42am CDT

NEW YORK -- It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald's, bigger than Coca ...

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A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

Source: Madison.com  |   May 19 2013, 8:21am CDT

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Facebook Finds Footing a Year After IPO Flop

Source: Top Tech News  |   May 19 2013, 8:15am CDT

A year ago, Facebook was being blamed for eviscerating the tech IPO market. This year, it could help resuscitate it. Some stock watchers suggest Facebook's recent reversal of fortune reflects a rejuvenated tech market, and the company would have ...

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Morgan Stanley fined $5 mn over Facebook IPO

Dec 19 2012, 12:37am CST | by

New York, Dec 19 (IANS) Morgan Stanley, the main underwriter for Facebook's initial public offering (IPO), has agreed to pay $5 million to Massachusetts' securities regulators as it was accused of disclosing downgraded revenue forecast only to certain analysts but not main street investors.

New York, Dec 19 — Morgan Stanley, the main underwriter for Facebook's initial public offering (IPO), has agreed to pay $5 million to Massachusetts' securities regulators as it was accused of disclosing downgraded revenue forecast only to certain analysts but not main street investors.

According to the consent order of the securities division of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a Morgan Stanley banker arranged phone calls between Facebook's treasurer and the analysts of major underwriters to disclose detailed negative trends which would impact Facebook's revenue for 2012 a week before its IPO, reported Xinhua.

The revised figures were lower than many analysts had expected and led them to cut their annual revenue forecast for 2012. The renewed forecast was only passed to investment banks but not individual investors who have lost billions of dollars since the IPO.

Facebook shares were priced at $38 for IPO, but the shares were trading around $27 in Tuesday's midday trading, about 30 percent below the IPO price. The disappointing stock price has led to a series of government probes and more than 40 lawsuits.

Morgan Stanley didn't admit or deny the charges of violating relative securities laws.

Spokesman Wesley McDade said in a statement that the company was pleased "to have put this matter behind us".

Massachusetts securities regulators also fined Citigroup $2 million in October as an analyst of the bank leaked confidential information before Facebook's IPO.

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