Clients said to stay with Morgan Stanley even after leaked pipeline

Morgan Stanley's accidental disclosure of confidential information about its Asia deal pipeline has raised questions over the potential impact on its client relationships.

The disclosure may have carried competitive implications, but that does not necessarily mean Morgan Stanley will lose mandates as a result, according to people familiar with the matter, raising questions over how much lasting damage it could do to the bank's dealmaking business.

For instance, one buy-side source currently working with Morgan Stanley on deals said their firm isn't reconsidering its mandates with the bank.

The source did not expect the leak to have a significant impact, saying many of the deals disclosed were already widely known in the industry.

Another source, whose company is currently working with Morgan Stanley on a capital raise, said the company had no plans to reconsider the mandate over the incident and that the matter had generated little attention.