morgan stanley ms has hired first republic bank frc wealth advisor steven levine in another departure from the troubled bank barron’s reported late wednesday citing two people familiar with the situation barron’s reported that levine has joined morgan stanley in palm beach fla the publication reported that levine was ranked in the barron’s top 1200 financial advisors for 2023 with a fourperson team that managed 23 billion as of sept 30 first republic stock is down 04 in premarket trades the stock has fallen about 90 this year amid jitters about a drop in deposits after the collapse of fellow california lender silicon valley bank