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Published in TZ Latest News 11 May, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Castleton joins oil trade titans with Morgan Stanley deal

Castleton Commodities International will buy Morgan Stanley’s (MS.N) physical oil business, the largest and oldest on Wall Street, vaulting the Connecticut-based merchant into the big leagues of global crude and fuel traders. In a long-awaited deal that appears to mark the end of the Wall Street bank’s more than three-decade history as a major player in physical oil markets, Castleton will gain several dozen oil tank storage leases, physical oil supply and purchase contracts, and a team of about a hundred traders.

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