Now Morgan Stanley Needs "$60 Billion" Of New Equity (GoldSeek.com) Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:44:17 GMT A few days ago, Morgan Stanley was apparently well-capitalized. Then rating agency Egan-Jones said the firm needed $30 billion of new equity . Then Moody's threatened a downgrade. Then the $10 billion Mitsubishi deal seemed ready to fall apart.