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It's not just that Goldman Sachs has fared really well. It's that it has done so when its competitors are really struggling. The bonus pool tells the story. This year, by one estimate (Options Read more...

Sallie Mae announced a third-quarter loss of $344 million that seems to confirm what the banks and J.C. Flowers said about the effect of new legislation. But Sallie Mae chairman Albert Lord seems to Read more...

The popular idea now is that the Golden Era of private equity has ended. And with that comes the notion that strategic buyers will reassert themselves. It makes a lot of sense. Many companies have Read more...

We noted recently that when it comes to financial sponsor-backed IPOs, the choice of underwriter seems to be Read more...

In the important battle over private placements, the Nasdaq scored a minor victory when the SEC approved its plans for Portal service. Lots of other competitors are bent on market domination, Read more...

The Financial Times astutely notes some of the big macro trends driving the exchange business these days. With all the exchanges going public, the "members clubs" of course are no more. Read more...

Credit default swaps have made a lot news for their heady growth. Indeed, the market had Read more...

One of the more fascinating stories over the years has been the bitter battle for desktop space on Wall Street. Bloomberg has emerged as the apparent winner, besting a host of competitors, Read more...

Poaching from your competitors is a time-honored practice in financial services, from stock brokers all the way up to M&A kingpins. A lot of legal hours have been--and will continue to Read more...

Fortune notes that the FDIC added 191 new banks and savings entities in 2006. That's about double the number in 2002. Of course, the big boys dominate the industry in terms of assets. But Read more...