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Traditional commercial banks (commercial banks news) have long had a love-hate relationship with investment banking (investment banking news). There was a day when the top investment banks were... Read more...

You might think that Wall Street is dominated by conservatives bent on unfettered markets, but there are plenty of Democrats (Democrats news) around--old-style New York liberals who have fared well... Read more...

We noted recently that some big banks are doing the unthinkable: They're paying their executives and employees less on a percent-of-revenue basis. JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Goldman Sachs (GS) have... Read more...

Did the financial crisis remake the banking landscape? Two big, bulge-bracket banks bit the dust of course. Two others became commercial banks. Several others just got off the government dole. Who... Read more...

It does seem like we're back to the good old days when it comes to top bank earnings. They have always been a bit hard to predict, and the most active traders, whether proprietary or agency, were... Read more...

Mitsubishi UFJ paid $9 billion for a 21 percent stake in Morgan Stanley last year--which was none too soon for the then-ailing U.S. investment bank. At that point, some thought it might collapse. But... Read more...

There's been a lot of talk about Goldman Sachs's big rise in VAR in the first quarter--to $240 million, which is roughly nine times more than at JPMorgan Chase. What's interesting is that Goldman... Read more...

Should we once again embrace the Glass Steagall concept of separation of commercial and investment banking. It would seem to be an ill-timed proposal given that investment banking super powers... Read more...

Not too long ago, as Glass Steagall crumbled, investment banks feared that commercial banks would leverage their lending relationships into investment banking relationships. The advantage seemed... Read more...

When Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley were forced to convert to commercial banks, many people proclaimed is was the end of an era. But this much is still true, the esteemed, historic banks are still... Read more...