摩根士丹利在一封客户邮件中泄露内部交易信息后，据多位知情人士透露，香港的竞争对手投资银行正积极采取行动，试图挖走对该泄露事件感到不满的客户。
After Morgan Stanley’s leak of internal deal information in a client email, rival investment banks in Hong Kong are aggressively moving to poach clients dissatisfied with the breach, according to several people familiar with the matter.
两位竞争对手银行家表示，竞争对手正主动接触泄露文件中提及的公司以争取业务，他们因事态敏感而要求不具名。
Competitors are actively approaching companies named in the leaked document to pitch for their business, two rival bankers said, asking not to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue.
一名摩根士丹利员工本周意外泄露机密信息，在投资银行业内引起轰动，竞争对手公司迅速采取行动，利用这一泄露事件强化自身的交易推介。
An accidental disclosure of confidential information by a Morgan Stanley employee this week has sent ripples through the investment banking industry, with rival firms moving quickly to capitalise on the leak and bolster their own deal pitches.
一位竞争对手银行家表示，所有银行拥有的业务联系人都与泄露文件中的类似，因此投资银行肯定会联系这些客户，试图赢得他们的业务。
All banks had similar business contacts to those in the leaked document, one of the rival bankers said, so investment banks would definitely contact the clients to try and win their business.
摩根士丹利在周四的一份声明中表示，它“迅速采取措施应对这一无意的信息共享，并继续与相关方接洽”。
In a statement on Thursday, Morgan Stanley said it “promptly took steps to address this inadvertent sharing of information and we continue to engage with relevant parties”.
香港会计师公会会长罗卓坚表示，即使初步评估显示泄露是人为错误，此事仍属严重违规，因为信息韧性如今已成为银行业务的核心要素。
Stephen Law Cheuk-kin, president of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, said even if initial assessments suggested the leak was human error, the matter remained a serious breach as information resilience was now a core element of banking operations.
罗卓坚表示：“保护机密客户和交易信息是信任、市场诚信以及香港作为国际金融中心声誉的基础。”
Stephen Law Cheuk-kin, president of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, said even if initial assessments suggested the leak was human error, the matter remained a serious breach as information resilience was now a core element of banking operations.
据其中一位知情人士透露，受影响的客户尚未对摩根士丹利采取法律行动，也未要求更换保荐人。
“Safeguarding confidential client and transaction information is fundamental to trust, market integrity and Hong Kong’s reputation as an international financial centre,” Law said.
该知情人士指出：“他们只是愤怒。我不预期会有任何法律行动。”该人士称，在没有实际损失证据的情况下，寻求法律救济将很困难，特别是考虑到泄露的文件是内部文件，而非正式法律协议。
The affected clients have not taken legal action against Morgan Stanley or requested a replacement sponsor, according to one of the sources. “They are just angry,” the source noted. “I don’t expect any legal action.” Without proof of actual losses, pursuing legal recourse would be difficult, especially given that the leaked file was an internal document and not a formal legal agreement, the source said.
根据收到该邮件的人士透露，附件详细列出了该银行正在执行或监控的100多笔交易，包括地区和融资渠道。不过，附件未披露具体交易条款，且据查看邮件的人士称，所列交易中有相当一部分已是公开信息。
The attached file detailed more than 100 transactions the bank was currently executing or monitoring, including regions and financing channels, according to people who received the However, no specific deal terms were disclosed and a significant number of the listed transactions were already public knowledge, people who saw the email said.
据熟悉内部银行通讯的人士透露，事件发生后，竞争对手开始提醒员工仔细核对邮件附件，以避免类似失误。
The attached file detailed more than 100 transactions the bank was currently executing or monitoring, including regions and financing channels, according to people who received the However, no specific deal terms were disclosed and a significant number of the listed transactions were already public knowledge, people who saw the email said.
“摩根士丹利事件为其他银行和公司敲响了警钟，提醒它们审查电子邮件系统是否存在漏洞，”另一位消息人士表示。“一些大型银行已利用人工智能帮助防止误将含有客户信息的文件发送给外部人员。”总部位于香港的专业企业风险咨询公司Steve Vickers & Associates的首席执行官Steve Vickers表示，摩根士丹利可能需要对其分类系统和机密文件访问权限的监管进行内部审查。
Following the breach, rival firms began reminding staff to double-check email attachments to avoid similar missteps, according to a person familiar with internal bank communications. “The Morgan Stanley incident is a wake-up call for other banks and companies to review [whether] their email systems have any loopholes,” another source said. “Some big banks already use artificial intelligence to help prevent sending out documents with client information to external parties by mistake.” Steve Vickers, CEO of Steve Vickers & Associates, a specialist corporate risk consultancy based in Hong Kong, said Morgan Stanley probably needed an internal review of its classification system and oversight of access to confidential documents.
“调查此类事件时，需要确定是系统问题、人为问题，还是其数据保护方式存在系统性错误，”他说。“通常不是单一因素，而是两三个因素共同作用的结果。”
“When investigating these things, you need to determine whether it’s a system problem, a people problem or a systemic error in how they protect data,” he said. “Normally, it’s not just one factor – it’s a combination of two or three factors.” “Replacing the Wall Street firm as a sponsor is not a practical option for companies preparing to list,” said the source who spoke about legal action. That is because changing an IPO sponsor triggers a mandatory two-month cooling-off period before a listing application can be resubmitted under Securities and Futures Commission rules.
“对于准备上市的公司来说，更换这家华尔街公司作为保荐人并非切实可行的选择，”那位谈及法律行动的消息人士称。因为根据证券及期货事务监察委员会规则，更换IPO保荐人会触发强制性的两个月冷静期，之后才能重新提交上市申请。该消息人士补充称，客户更换保荐人并无实质益处。By Zoe SL Chan, Enoch Yiu
“When investigating these things, you need to determine whether it’s a system problem, a people problem or a systemic error in how they protect data,” he said. “Normally, it’s not just one factor – it’s a combination of two or three factors.” “Replacing the Wall Street firm as a sponsor is not a practical option for companies preparing to list,” said the source who spoke about legal action. That is because changing an IPO sponsor triggers a mandatory two-month cooling-off period before a listing application can be resubmitted under Securities and Futures Commission rules. There was no real benefit for clients to swap sponsors, the source added. By Zoe SL Chan, Enoch Yiu