Morgan Stanley Interest Income, Trading Assets (Net) increased by 2.8% to $1.64B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 14.2%, from $1.43B to $1.64B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Interest Income, Trading Assets (Net) shows an upward trend with a 32.3% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Positive net interest indicates profitable carry on trading positions; negative values suggest high funding costs for inventory.
The net interest income derived from trading assets after accounting for interest expense on trading liabilities. This c...
Specific to investment banks with large trading operations.
is_ms_interest_income_trading_assets_net| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | $486.00M | $525.00M | $517.00M | $524.00M | $562.00M | $635.00M | $763.00M | $913.00M | $934.00M | $1.33B | $1.31B | $1.38B | $1.53B | $1.58B | $1.43B | $1.44B | $1.57B | $1.59B | $1.64B |
| QoQ Change | — | +8.0% | -1.5% | +1.4% | +7.3% | +13.0% | +20.2% | +19.7% | +2.3% | +42.8% | -2.0% | +5.7% | +10.8% | +3.0% | -9.1% | +0.3% | +9.3% | +1.3% | +2.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +15.6% | +21.0% | +47.6% | +74.2% | +66.2% | +110.1% | +71.3% | +51.4% | +63.9% | +18.2% | +9.7% | +4.1% | +2.7% | +1.0% | +14.2% |