Morgan Stanley upgraded State Street (STT) to Overweight from Equal Weight with a price target of $139, up from $102. The end of quantitative tightening is the “number one driver behind” the decision to upgrade all trust banks, as it presents a positive for deposit growth across all scenarios, particularly at the trust banks given their skew to large institutional asset manager clients, the analyst tells investors.
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