{"id":70388,"date":"2026-06-25T16:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/70388\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:31:07","slug":"morgan-stanley-wells-fargo-join-list-associated-with-mfs-as-barclays-faces-questions-about-collapse-the-intermediary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/70388\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo join list associated with MFS as Barclays faces questions about collapse &#8211; The Intermediary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"astor-article-standfirst\">Morgan Stanley lent \u00a350m to an entity linked to Market Financial Solutions (MFS) in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morgan Stanley has been revealed to have lent \u00a350m to an entity linked to Market Financial Solutions (MFS) in 2021, helping fund MFS mortgages, according to a report from Reuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, according to The Telegraph, Barclays has faced questions due to its actions in the run-up to MFS\u2019 collapse, which some have suggested show that the bank was aware of concerning activity. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barclays is alleged to have commenced shutting down MFS accounts ahead of the lender\u2019s collapse, reducing its exposure according to reports. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MFS paid off \u00a3134m owed to Barclays by refinancing through Wells Fargo, after Barclays started blocking transactions at MFS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regulators have opened investigations into MFS and its auditors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched a probe in March, while the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announced an investigation into a group of auditors involved with MFS earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Awards 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Intermediary reached out to Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and MFS administrators AlixPartners for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morgan Stanley lent \u00a350m to an entity linked to Market Financial Solutions (MFS) in 2021. Morgan Stanley has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21264],"tags":[3343,32397,6481],"class_list":["post-70388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barclays","tag-barclays","tag-mfs","tag-morgan-stanley"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116811706125618977","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}