As details of the AIG Advisor Group Inc.'s retention package for a select number of 6,000 brokers and advisers seeped out this week, AIG officials and advisers made clear that the money for these bonus payments is not coming from its cash-strapped parent — insurance giant American International Group Inc. — but from each of the three broker-dealers in the network.
In a stunning turnaround, American International Group has decided to hang onto its beleaguered group of broker-dealers.
Finra's board of governors will review allegations that Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro — along with other senior Finra executives — received excessive compensation when she was chief executive of the self-regulatory organization for the brokerage industry.
The fate of a lawsuit brought by two brokerage firms against NASD over its 2007 merger with the New York Stock Exchange's regulatory unit could be decided this month.
Property owners at four struggling and bankrupt resorts in Idaho, Montana, Nevada and the Bahamas have filed a $24 billion federal lawsuit against Credit Suisse, saying the bank gave predatory loans to the resorts' investors as part of a scheme to take over the properties.
Credit Suisse Group has agreed to pay $536 million to settle a Justice Department probe and admit to violating U.S. economic sanctions by hiding the booming illegal business it was doing for Iranian banks.
Swiss bank Credit Suisse Group reported net profit of 2.4 billion Swiss francs ($2.4 billion) for the third quarter, helped by strong returns on financial market trading and investment banking.
A billionaire hedge fund manager charged in a $25 million insider trading case now faces a lawsuit saying he helped finance Sri Lankan militants notorious for suicide bombings.
Fidelity's recent decision to fire four employees for playing fantasy football on the job highlights an issue — Internet usage at work — that advisers are paying closer attention to these days.
