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Levy: Morgan Stanley real estate funds dropped to 0.2x and 0.3x multiples
“I felt for the investors that one fund was a .2 multiple, another fund was a .3 multiple.”
DeLong: Created the First Performance Evaluation in Wall Street History
“I couldn't believe the way people were compensated. I couldn't believe the way people were promoted. It was literally an old boy system, and I went right after that, and helped create the first performance evaluation in the history of Wall Street.”
Morgan Stanley fell from 4x book value in 2000 to 0.5x
“I picked up the broker dealers in 99, 98, 99, when they were all the IP ago, you know, and I joined Morgan Stanley when it was trading at about four times book value. And as we well know, it went to, I think it troughed at .5 a book.”
Barber: Wall Street leaders in 1970s and 1980s rose through syndicate desks
“And if you go back in time, John Goodfriend, the legendary CEO of Solomon brothers had been the syndicate manager of Solomon brothers, Ralph D'Annunzio, the legendary CEO of Kidder Peabody had been the syndicate manager. Tommy Saunders, a very legendary Morgan…”