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A senior Morgan Stanley trading executive’s abrupt departure last month was triggered by an internal investigation into his interactions with colleagues, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The firm terminated Kow Atta-Mensah, who ran the global commodities business, after looking into allegations that he made inappropriate remarks to colleagues, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing the confidential review. There was no explanation for the exit at the time.
At Morgan Stanley, Atta-Mensah ran one of Wall Street’s biggest commodities dealers, competing with the likes of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. He rose to the post in 2023, a time of growing revenue in the business, after working his way up the rungs since 2006.
Wall Street — like much of corporate America — has faced mounting pressure in recent years to clamp down on inappropriate behavior and make its trading floors more welcoming for everyone. But in an industry known to pay senior executives millions of dollars a year, tackling alleged misbehavior has also proved to be a challenge — potentially drawing costly counter-demands from those who take issue with terminations.
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12:47 AM · Apr 25, 2025
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