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The number of new $250,000-plus accounts jumped in the first quarter of the year
An imprisoned ex-Swiss banker credited with exposing widespread tax evasion at Swiss bank UBS AG is seeking clemency from President Barack Obama, his attorneys said Wednesday.
With asset withdrawals waning, the Swiss bank booked its largest quarterly profit in almost three years
During the 1990s, inflationary Federal Reserve policy fueled a tech stock bubble. When that bubble burst, the Fed inflated a larger one in real estate. Now that the real estate bubble has burst, the Fed is inflating the biggest bubble of them all -- a government bubble.
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Broker -- and candidate for the U.S. Senate -- says the latest government plan will further distort the underlying economics of the real estate market
A bankruptcy court examiner detailed how Lehman Brothers moved toxic assets off its balance sheet -- then repurchased them. The revelation is putting plenty of heat on the firm's former boss.
Just weeks after the departure of Barnaby Grist, Nicholas Georgis unexpectedly rejoins Charles Schwab.
After trimming the ranks of its brokerage force, Bank of America Corp. wants to put more troops in the field again — this time by promoting and training foot soldiers
Tom Bradley, president and chief executive of TD Ameritrade Institutional, is still hopping mad that Sallie Krawcheck, president of global wealth and investment management at Bank of America Corp., dissed independent registered investment advisers during an appearance on CNBC last month. To boot, he's a little ticked at CNBC too.
Money managers owned by global investment banks are re-engineering their business models in response to mounting pressure to earn their keep.
With investor confidence starting to bud, we look at earnings for seven of the biggest players in the brokerage sector.
Maine securities regulators say Merrill Lynch will pay the state $400,000 to resolve claims that the brokerage allowed some of its associates to sell securities without being properly registered.
In the old days (pre 2004), firms would sue each other when an Advisor went from one firm to the other.
The company said lower trading volume and low interest rates, together with the seasonally slow summer months, will affect its financial results in the near term.
The top firms are starting to expand payrolls, albeit gradually. If form follows, non-banks will soon start adding more employees, too
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Investors claim Curtis Lyman sold them promissory notes in a feeder fund for $1.4B scam
HighTower Advisors LLC has hired another adviser from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC's ranks — despite facing a continuing “lift-out” lawsuit that Morgan Stanley brought against it last month.
