Credit rating company Moody’s has signaled that it will likely soon downgrade the debt of big U.S. banks. Big diversified banks like Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase...

The criminal trial of Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, both hedge fund executives at Bear Stearns, ended with a much-discussed acquittal. The SEC continued with its civil case, and a trial was set to begin today. But a settlement has apparently been struck, details of which will likely be released soon.

The government appears bent on sticking to its previously announced schedule for reforming the housing market mortgage finance machinery, which calls for the end of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in their current form.

While analysts maintain the $26 billion settlement between banks and states is a net positive, there have been plenty of critics. You can add Dick Bove to the list. In an interview with The Daily...

Recall that supposed Goldman Sachs employee has been Tweeting via @GSElevator about the very funny things he hears riding the elevators at the gilded bank, recounting, for example, talk about the...

The bottom-line impact of the ballyhooed $25 billion settlement between five big mortgage banks and nearly all states will likely be limited. Bank of America will contribute the majority of the...

At NYSE Euronext, the question is: What now? It invested so much--some might say it bet the farm--on inking a deal with Deutsche Bourse, that it must now fight the perception that it is merely...

The conventional wisdom on the Volcker Rule is that it would hit trading-intensive firms the hardest. A JPMorgan analyst last year estimated that the rule would reduce U.S. bank’s revenue by up...

Deutsche Bank has taken a page from Morgan Stanley playbook on capping bonuses. But they have deferred bonuses awards (cash and stock) in excess of 200,000 euros, or about $265,000. Recall that...