State Street Corp. posted an 11% increase in net income on stronger servicing and investment management fees, which boosted revenue to a record level.
Jefferies Group Inc. announced record quarterly investment banking revenues, net revenues, net earnings, and earnings per share, according to a statement released today.
Wachovia Corp. shareholders have approved two proposals by the company's board that will affect how directors are elected and how often.
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. posted an 18% drop in second-quarter net income today, one year after the company recorded its largest one-time gain.
Charles Schwab Corp. posted a 12% increase in net income for the first quarter, as new customers increased assets in client accounts.
Wells Fargo & Co. posted an 11% increase in first-quarter profit, resulting from growth in lending and a higher-net interest margin, which set off increasing credit losses.
Mellon Financial Corp. reported a 22% increase in first-quarter profit after an acquisition helped boost its assets over the $1 trillion mark.
The IRS plans to issue final regulations for 403(b) plans by the end of June, and the changes could result in industry consolidation, particularly in the K-12 marketplace, observers said.
Along with the layoffs and cost cutting unveiled last week by Citigroup Inc. came rumors that the company’s Smith Barney brokerage unit was destined for a spinoff.
The radical notion of abolishing mutual fund boards and allowing funds to set their own prices may be worth a second look, according to the head of a group representing independent fund directors for the $10.4 trillion fund industry.
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress are calling for investigations into alleged long-term-care-insurance abuses just as the government is set to release its latest survey, showing a 97% satisfaction rate among policy claimants.
IRVINE, Calif. — NASD continues to tinker with a pending variable annuity suitability rule, making a fourth proposed change in almost two years.
A year after taking over retail at Morgan Stanley — amid much skepticism — James Gorman has made believers out of most of the firm’s troops.
The National Futures Association suspended Christ Investment Service LLC, a San Francisco-based introducing broker, for allegedly illegally acting as a futures commission merchant and as a counterparty to foreign currency transactions, according to the association.
Including annuities in 401(k) plans could represent a prime opportunity for advisers — if a new model for compensation can be devised and if advisers are allowed on-site to explain their product to employees, according to industry experts.
IntercontinentalExchange Inc. will open a trading center in New York's World Financial Center on April 12 to serve qualified professional traders.
CIT Group Inc. said Monday that it placed three top executives at its Student Loan Xpress unit on leave just days after the companies were subpoenaed by New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in his ongoing probe of the $85 billion student loan industry.
Abolishing the role of mutual fund boards of directors in approving advisory expense ratios would lead to more competition in mutual fund fees, according to a book released in Washington today.
Brokers who left United Securities Alliance Inc. before its March 1 acquisition by Royal Alliance Associates Inc. received a letter from United’s lawyers last month that contained a surprise: They owe United $5,000.
