Jeff Raich, co-global head of mergers and acquisitions, is the latest high-ranking investment banker to leave UBS AG.
Paul S. Atkins, a commissioner of the SEC, is in line to head up the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Financial Times reported.
A group of banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group has formally launched a $95.6 billion bid for ABN Amro Holding.
Inheriting a depleted recruiting staff, the new head of National Planning Corp. immediately will focus on rebuilding that team. Last Monday, Santa Monica, Calif.-based NPC said that Scott Romine was replacing M. Shawn Dreffein as its CEO.
Philanthropist and insurance tycoon Barry Kaye is bringing unwanted attention to a university that has benefited from his largess and to the life settlement industry.
SAN FRANCISCO — A mortgage alternative is gaining traction. In recent years, such companies as CMG Financial Services Inc. and Macquarie Mortgages USA Inc. have begun offering mortgage accelerator loan products that allow borrowers to hasten their loan payoff schedule by reducing the amount of interest paid on their loans.
WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission is on a roll in the courts — but not a good one.
WASHINGTON — Unions are hoping that pressure from Congress on private-equity funds will lead to better pay and benefits for workers, including more unionization.
IRVINE, Calif. — The major sponsors of fee-based brokerage accounts claim they will need six months to a year to transition clients out of the accounts.
Many advisers do not want to be assigned clients or territories based on their race, national origin or other personal traits — but they are comfortable with relationships that evolve naturally from those factors.
