Bloomberg

Bloomberg
Displaying 13185 results
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2010
Wilmington Trust is sold for $350M

Wilmington Trust Corp., the Delaware bank founded by the du Pont family and undermined by souring loans, agreed to sell itself to M&T Bank Corp. for $351 million in stock, or about half its market value last week.

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 25, 2010
Big jump in workers' delaying retirement

More than six out of ten polled employees say they're having to put off exiting the labor force

Why more than 7K reps left the big brokerages in 18 months
RIA NEWS OCT 25, 2010
Why more than 7K reps left the big brokerages in 18 months

After Morgan Stanley took control of Smith Barney in May 2009 from Citigroup Inc., David Hopkins grew disillusioned with his new bosses.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 25, 2010
IRI to launch 'painless' annuity training platform

Investment advisers will be able to visit one website for the annuity-sales training required under a new suitability standard issued by regulators.

RIA NEWS OCT 25, 2010
Jack Laporte: An 'extreme' buy-and-hold strategy

Jack Laporte insists that the concept of buying and holding good stocks will never die — in fact, it won't even fade away.

RIA NEWS OCT 25, 2010
Health care, tech among best small-cap bets, says Goldman's Rabinowitz

Health care, technology and consumer discretionary stocks are producing some of the best investment opportunities in the small- and mid-cap space, according to Jeff Rabinowitz, manager of the $680 million Goldman Sachs Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund Ticker:(GSMAX).

FIXED INCOME OCT 25, 2010
Faber: Unload bonds while you still can

Global markets are heading for an “important turning point” as interest rates begin to rise within about three months and the U.S. dollar gains, according to investor Marc Faber.

Ivy League football 'mafia' gives Wall Street a talent pipeline
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 25, 2010
Ivy League football 'mafia' gives Wall Street a talent pipeline

University of Pennsylvania defensive back Josh Powers may have a better opportunity than playing for college football's national championship: a six- figure Wall Street salary upon graduation.

WIREHOUSES OCT 22, 2010
Indie B-Ds doing 'considerably better' than large rivals: S&P

Reaffirms independent broker-dealers' credit rating as 'stable'; brokerages could weather unexpected downturn

SEC probes Citi funds after Smith Barney brokers' protests
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 22, 2010
SEC probes Citi funds after Smith Barney brokers' protests

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Citigroup Inc. misled investors about the riskiness of some soured debt funds, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.