A decision by Australia's high court clears the way for investors to sue the firm -- or what's left of it
Hedge fund managers in the U.S. and Europe did a good turn for the Securities and Exchange Commission, and helped uncover an attempt at insider trading involving an employee of Walt Disney & Co.
The U.S. brokerage industry's top regulator, responding to yesterday's market plunge, said Wall Street needs to be more vigilant in halting stock bids during periods of cascading share prices
Clients may not be knocking down the doors to participate in the long-term-care-insurance program created last week by the passage of health care reform, but advisers are optimistic the program's existence will spur more discussion around the benefits of LTC planning.
The estate alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that JPMorgan forced the now-failed bank to put up collateral that sapped Lehman of cash.
A group of Internet con artists masquerading as the Securities and Exchange Commission is swindling investors
As the Senate this week wades through scores of amendments to legislation on financial regulatory reform, lobbyists are going toe-to-toe over applying a fiduciary standard.
The regulators won't actually set compensation. Instead, they would review — and could veto — pay policies that could cause too much risk-taking by executives, traders or loan officers.
U.S. prosecutors in Virginia plan to step up pursuit of financial fraud cases, taking advantage of a court holding two years ago that their district has jurisdiction over crimes linked to federal securities filings
An amendment floated last week by Sens. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and Ted Kaufman, D-Del., that would impose criminal penalties on broker-dealers for violating fiduciary standards is giving the senators a way to vent frustration with Wall Street.
Arlen Specter's call for criminal penalties is sure to draw fire from Republicans on the hill and lobbyists in the Senate reception room
The former Maxim Group broker allegedly lied to Merrill about his book of business, then purportedly made off with a $780K inducement loan
Indicted financier R. Allen Stanford was sued by a unit of American Express Co. for $115,712.79 in back credit card debt.
Edward Brokaw, a former Deutsche Bank AG broker, was barred from the securities industry for manipulating the price of Monogram Biosciences stock in an effort to enrich a hedge-fund client, himself and his family, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said today.
Best-selling author claims lavish compensation rewarded bankers for the wrong things
Revelations about the firms' shadier practices incensed both politicians and the public. Don't count on any indictments being handed out, however
Former Credit Suisse Group AG broker Eric Butler will remain free while a judge reviews a decision that ordered him to prison during the appeal of his conviction for fraudulently selling securities that cost investors more than $1.1 billion in losses.
The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard takes a different tack in its bid to eliminate the broker-dealer exclusion
