Pacific Investment Management Co. and Morgan Stanley recently played a high-stakes game of chicken over inflation. Pimco won.
The bond powerhouse, a unit of Allianz SE, scored gains of about $50 million on an inflation-related trade, according to people familiar with the matter. Morgan Stanley, meanwhile, suffered tens of millions of dollars in losses on an opposing trade and related moves, according to another person familiar with the matter.
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