Units of Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch & Co., UBS AG and Bear Stearns Cos. were sued by Charles Schwab Corp. over claims they lied or omitted information on mortgage-backed securities
The sovereign-debt crisis in Europe has opened the door for contrarian investing in global fixed income, according to Michael Hasenstab, co-director of fixed income at the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group and manager of the $30 billion Templeton Global Bond Fund Ticker:(TPINX).
Based on evidence that has always and only been observed during or immediately prior to U.S. recessions, the U.S. economy appears headed into a second leg of an unusually challenging downturn.
BNY Mellon on Friday said it reached a deal to buy I(3) Advisors of Toronto, an independent company with more than C$3.5 billion ($3.4 billion) in assets under advisement.
Famed investor and hedge fund manager Barton Biggs thinks the market is 'very, very oversold' and headed for a substantial rally -- and soon. Others aren't so sure
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. named Lawrence Hughes head of its wealth-management unit, replacing David Lamere, who resigned.
Just days after announcing job cuts domestically, Legg Mason Inc. is looking to make acquisitions or lift-outs internationally to expand its presence abroad.
Legg Mason Inc. plans to eliminate 350 jobs to cut costs and buy back $1 billion in shares after suffering the biggest losses among publicly traded money managers during the credit crisis.
Morgan Keegan & Co. has been granted an administration hearing on allegations that its brokerage firm cost investors, including retirees, more than $2 billion in losses through fraudulent and reckless business practices.
Plaintiff's attorneys who are suing Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. over its failed Regions Morgan Keegan Select bond funds are in an uproar about what they claim is the firm's cover-up of embarrassing documents.
Matthew Gelfand, former Fed hand, signs on with family office firm
Rockefeller & Co., Inc., the wealth management firm that has been looking for a chief executive since the suicide of CEO James McDonald last fall, has changed its name to Rockefeller Financial.
Critics say plan to treat all life settlements as securities will shrink the industry – or worse; others say that's hooey
An SEC task force on Thursday recommended that life settlements be defined as 'securities,' thus making such transactions subject to federal securities laws.
Like a road crew repairing potholes, analysts this week will be trying to measure the length and depth of the economic “soft patch” currently afflicting the U.S. economy.
AllianceBernstein Holding LP demonstrated enough progress in some businesses last year that the company plans to add advisers in 2010 and may buy smaller complementary firms, executives said late Thursday during an earnings conference call.
Investors desperately looking for hope in the current choppy market may want to focus on the upcoming midterm elections.
In his early 60s and at the doorstep of retirement, Robert Neiswanger was considering long-term-care insurance. He acknowledged that the coverage made sense, but he couldn't come to terms with paying for something he might never need.
If your client wants to convert his or her individual retirement account to a Roth IRA this year but doesn't have cash from non-IRA sources to pay the tax on the conversion, consider looking at his or her capital assets.
