SIFMA has hired Leon J. Bijou as managing director and associate general counsel in a bid to expand its municipal bond expertise.
President-elect Barack Obama intends to retain FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair in her post, Democratic Party officials told The Wall Street Journal.
Mutual funds and discretionary assets that comply with Shariah, or Islamic law, fell to $65 billion at the end of the third quarter.
Just 10 days before his arrest, Bernard Madoff received $250 million from a financial backer in an apparent bid to prevent the collapse of his firm.
Hard times aren’t over yet for The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley, two investment banking powers that recently converted to bank holding companies.
American Century Investments expects to open an office in Hong Kong in the next few months.
Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner yesterday seized control of Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Co., a foundering long term care insurer, because it’s having difficulty maintaining appropriate capital levels.
Misclassification of workers as independent contractors remains on the list of top issues that the National Taxpayer Advocate recommends that Congress address.
Real estate investment trusts wrapped up 2008 with negative returns, including dividends, of 37.3% on average.
