State regulators are questioning whether some of the “harmonization” of rules of the regulatory operations of NASD and the New York Stock Exchange will harm investor protection
The Federal Reserve Board will consider new regulations to tighten mortgage-lending standards, said Fed chairman Ben Bernanke in a letter released Friday.
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has agreed to buy Nordic markets owner OMX AB for $3.7 billion, after failing on an earlier bid to purchase the London Stock Exchange.
Merrill Lynch & Co. has trimmed employees’ sick days from 40 to 10, according to an internal memo.
Ben Weston, chief of hedge fund development at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., has left the company.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has launched 12 indexes comprising exchange-listed American Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts.
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. is purchasing a 20% minority stake in a hedge fund with $8 billion in assets under management.
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. plans to reshuffle the leadership structure of its markets and investment banking operations, according to a Financial Times report.
As the Department of Labor considers improving fee disclosure to retirement plan participants, some vendors and advisers are racing to offer more information to 401(k) participants, while most are content to wait for a directive.
Brokerage firms, preparing to transition existing customers into alternative fee programs, are putting the freeze on new fee-based brokerage accounts.
Now that the Financial Planning Association’s victory over fee-based brokerage accounts is cemented, some in the securities industry are wondering whether the group will take aim at other brokerage transactions that hinge upon a registered representative giving clients advice.
Add financial literacy and trust in financial institutions to the factors that increase 401(k) participation rates.
John C. Whitehead said he is outraged by the excessive compensation given to Wall Street top execs.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. acquired Xign Corp., a provider of business-to-business on-demand financial settlement solutions.
The Fidelity Out of Sudan group applauded news that the fund giant has slashed its stake in PetroChina ADRs by 91%.
An affiliate of Edward Lampert's ESL Investments Inc. hedge fund now owns 15.24 million shares of Citigroup Inc.
George "Beau" Taylor, JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s energy-trading head has quit to join the Credit Suisse Group, according to published reports.
A senior fund manager at a joint venture between JPMorgan Asset Management and Shanghai International Trust & Investment Co. was dismissed yesterday because of suspected insider trading.
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. has announced that it will expand its private equity efforts and promote two managers.
