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Regulatory Requirements (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Regulatory Requirements  
Schedule of Regulatory Capital and Capital Ratios
Capital Buffer Requirements
At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025
StandardizedAdvanced
Capital buffers
Fixed 2.5% buffer
—%2.5%
SCB4.3%N/A
G-SIB capital surcharge3.0%3.0%
CCyB1
—%—%
Capital conservation buffer requirement
7.3%5.5%
1.The CCyB can be set up to 2.5%, but is currently set by the Federal Reserve at zero.
Risk-Based Regulatory Capital Ratio Requirements
Regulatory Minimum
At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025
StandardizedAdvanced
Required ratios1
CET1 capital ratio
4.5%11.8%10.0%
Tier 1 capital ratio6.0%13.3%11.5%
Total capital ratio8.0%15.3%13.5%
1.Required ratios represent the regulatory minimum plus the capital conservation buffer requirement.
The Firm’s Regulatory Capital and Capital Ratios
Risk-based capital
Standardized
$ in millionsAt March 31,
2026
At December 31,
2025
Risk-based capital
CET1 capital$84,546 $83,153 
Tier 1 capital94,235 92,728 
Total capital106,481 103,449 
Total RWA559,080 552,515 
Risk-based capital ratio
CET1 capital15.1%15.0%
Tier 1 capital16.9%16.8%
Total capital19.0%18.7%
Required ratio1
CET1 capital11.8%11.8%
Tier 1 capital13.3%13.3%
Total capital15.3%15.3%
1.Required ratios are inclusive of any buffers applicable as of the date presented.
Leveraged-based capital
$ in millionsAt March 31,
2026
At December 31,
2025
Leveraged-based capital
Adjusted average assets1
$1,535,246 $1,383,314 
Supplementary leverage exposure2
1,876,478 1,717,775 
Leveraged-based capital ratio
Tier 1 leverage6.1%6.7%
SLR5.0%5.4%
Required ratio3
Tier 1 leverage4.0%4.0%
SLR4
3.5%5.0%
1.Adjusted average assets represents the denominator of the Tier 1 leverage ratio and is composed of the average daily balance of consolidated on-balance sheet assets for the quarters ending on the respective balance sheet dates, reduced by disallowed goodwill, intangible assets, investments in covered funds, defined benefit pension plan assets, non-cash after-tax gain on sale from assets sold into securitizations, investments in our own capital instruments, certain deferred tax assets and other capital deductions.
2.Supplementary leverage exposure is the sum of Adjusted average assets used in the Tier 1 leverage ratio and other adjustments, primarily: (i) for derivatives, potential future exposure and the effective notional principal amount of sold credit protection offset by qualifying purchased credit protection; (ii) the counterparty credit risk for repo-style transactions; and (iii) the credit equivalent amount for off-balance sheet exposures.
3.Required ratios are inclusive of any buffers applicable as of the date presented.
4.As of January 1, 2026, the Firm and its U.S. Bank Subsidiaries elected to early adopt the final rulemaking on changes to the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio (“eSLR”) by the U.S. banking agencies, which removed the eSLR threshold for a covered depository institution to be considered well-capitalized and instead implemented the eSLR as a buffer standard. Under the final rule, the eSLR buffer applicable to U.S. G-SIBs equals 50% of each BHC’s Method 1 G-SIB capital surcharge, which equates to 0.5% for the Firm, applied above the 3.0% minimum SLR requirement.
MSBNA  
Regulatory Requirements  
Schedule of Regulatory Capital and Capital Ratios
MSBNA’s Regulatory Capital1
 Well-Capitalized Requirement
Required Ratio2
At March 31, 2026At December 31, 2025
$ in millionsAmountRatioAmount Ratio
Risk-based capital
CET1 capital6.5 %7.0 %$42,136 19.5 %$25,545 20.3 %
Tier 1 capital8.0 %8.5 %42,136 19.5 %25,545 20.3 %
Total capital10.0 %10.5 %43,207 20.0 %26,423 21.0 %
Leverage-based capital
Tier 1 leverage5.0 %4.0 %$42,136 11.0 %$25,545 10.1 %
SLR3,4
N/A3.5 %42,136 7.4 %25,545 7.6 %
MSPBNA  
Regulatory Requirements  
Schedule of Regulatory Capital and Capital Ratios
MSPBNA’s Regulatory Capital
 Well-Capitalized Requirement
Required Ratio2
At March 31, 2026At December 31, 2025
$ in millionsAmountRatioAmountRatio
Risk-based capital
CET1 capital6.5 %7.0 %$18,052 27.1 %$17,298 26.1 %
Tier 1 capital8.0 %8.5 %18,052 27.1 %17,298 26.1 %
Total capital10.0 %10.5 %18,416 27.7 %17,665 26.6 %
Leverage-based capital
Tier 1 leverage5.0 %4.0 %$18,052 7.0 %$17,298 7.0 %
SLR3,4
N/A3.5 %18,052 6.9 %17,298 6.8 %
1.MSBNA’s regulatory capital and capital ratios are presented as historically reported and have not been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the merger of the MSCS fixed income business into MSBNA and MSBNA’s acquisition of MSESE in the first quarter of 2026, as the Firm assesses these measures based on the legal-entity structures in effect during the applicable period.
2.Required ratios are inclusive of any buffers applicable as of the date presented. Failure to maintain the buffers would result in restrictions on the ability to make capital distributions, including the payment of dividends.
3.Beginning January 1, 2026, MSBNA and MSPBNA were subject to a 3.5% SLR standard (inclusive of a 0.5% eSLR buffer based on Method 1 G-SIB capital surcharge of 1.0%). The eSLR buffer applicable to U.S. G-SIBs’ insured depository institution subsidiaries has the same form and calibration as the BHC-level standard but is capped at 1.0%, applied above the 3.0% minimum SLR requirement.
4.As of December 31, 2025, the SLR well-capitalized requirement and required ratio was 6.0% and 3.0%, respectively, for both MSBNA and MSPBNA.
MS&Co.  
Regulatory Requirements  
Schedule of Broker-Dealer Regulatory Capital Requirements
MS&Co. Regulatory Capital
$ in millionsAt March 31,
2026
At December 31,
2025
Net capital$19,088 $19,272 
Excess net capital13,283 13,905