Brokerage Morgan Stanley has ceased equity coverage on Tesla Inc, potentially a sign the U.S. bank may be doing business directly with the electric carmaker as it explores options to go private.
Goldman Sachs dropped its coverage of Tesla last week shortly before confirming it was acting as a financial adviser on a matter related to the automaker.
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk had tweeted early last week that he was working with buyout firm Silver Lake and investment bank Goldman Sachs as advisers in his efforts to secure tens of billions of dollars in funding and take the car maker private.
Morgan Stanley’s website showed Tesla had been moved to “Not Rated” from “Equal-weight” on Tuesday....MORE
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
"Morgan Stanley halts research coverage of Tesla" (TSLA)
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