The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. today expanded its European investment banking division with a series of new appointments.
A new 401(k) plan featuring iShares ETFs from Barclays Global Investors is now available.
Jeff Raich, co-global head of mergers and acquisitions, is the latest high-ranking investment banker to leave UBS AG.
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.
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.
Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. says that it is finally ready to execute its long-discussed strategy to recruit registered representatives and advisers from rival firms.
NEW YORK — Sick and tired of complying with an increasingly complex regulatory framework, many financial advisers knowingly sidestep their firms’ compliance policies and sometimes show little regard for rules and regulations, according to a new survey of advisers and other financial services professionals.
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.
