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WIREHOUSES MAY 23, 2007
Merrill hedge fund boss branches out

Ben Weston, chief of hedge fund development at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., has left the company.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 22, 2007
JPMorgan Chase debuts ADRs

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has launched 12 indexes comprising exchange-listed American Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES MAY 21, 2007
Merrill buys big stake in GSO hedge fund

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. is purchasing a 20% minority stake in a hedge fund with $8 billion in assets under management.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 21, 2007
Merrill may reorganize in wake of departure

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. plans to reshuffle the leadership structure of its markets and investment banking operations, according to a Financial Times report.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 17, 2007
Ex-Goldman chairman ‘appalled’ at pay

John C. Whitehead said he is outraged by the excessive compensation given to Wall Street top execs.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 17, 2007
JPMorgan Chase buys Xign Corp.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. acquired Xign Corp., a provider of business-to-business on-demand financial settlement solutions.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 16, 2007
Fidelity slashes PetroChina holdings

The Fidelity Out of Sudan group applauded news that the fund giant has slashed its stake in PetroChina ADRs by 91%.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES MAY 16, 2007
ESL ups stake in Citigroup

An affiliate of Edward Lampert's ESL Investments Inc. hedge fund now owns 15.24 million shares of Citigroup Inc.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 16, 2007
Energy boss leaves JPMorgan Chase

George "Beau" Taylor, JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s energy-trading head has quit to join the Credit Suisse Group, according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 16, 2007
JPMorgan fund manager sacked

A senior fund manager at a joint venture between JPMorgan Asset Management and Shanghai International Trust & Investment Co. was dismissed yesterday because of suspected insider trading.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 16, 2007
Merrill promotes two in private equity

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. has announced that it will expand its private equity efforts and promote two managers.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 15, 2007
Fidelity unveils three Advisor funds

Fidelity Investments today added international real estate, Canada and small cap funds to their Advisor fund roster.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 14, 2007
UBS exec moves to biz development

Tom Madsen, UBS Global Asset Management’s global head of equities, has stepped down from his post to take a business development role, according to published reports.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 14, 2007
Bear Stearns writes off $225M for specialists

With floor traders at the New York Stock Exchange fast becoming obsolete, Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. said today that it would write down the value of its specialist business by $225 million, according to Crain's New York Business.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 14, 2007
Schwab smiles on merger of rivals

Charles “Chuck” Schwab again dismissed speculation that his company might acquire TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. or E*TRADE Financial Corp. by suggesting the two rivals might form a good union themselves, according to press reports.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 14, 2007
Fidelity adds to AMT tax-free funds

Fidelity Investments, the biggest U.S. mutual fund company, today announced the launch of two new share classes of Fidelity California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York AMT Tax-Free Money Market Funds.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 14, 2007
LPL advisers are raising fees

Financial advisers across the country who use Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. as their broker-dealer are raising prices, mostly for new clients.

By Bloomberg
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 14, 2007
Raymond James recruits recruiters

Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is adding major clout to its recruiting effort, bringing on board half a dozen recruiters, including two top executives from rival independent-contractor firms, investmentnews.com reported Friday.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 09, 2007
Morgan Stanley to pay $7.9 million

Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. will pay $7.9 million for its failure to provide best execution to certain retail orders for over-the-counter securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced today.

By Bloomberg
WIREHOUSES MAY 09, 2007
Fidelity unveils systems for RIAs

Fidelity Investments, in cooperation with Oracle Corp. and Emerging Information Systems Inc., has created two web-based customer relationship management and financial planning systems for registered investment advisers, the Boston-based firm announced today.

By Bloomberg