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Bank of America leading Morgan Stanley in brokerage wars?

Who's leading the brokerage wars? At the moment, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (NYSE: BAC) seems to be getting the best of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (NYSE: MS). Here's Bloomberg's quick take: Bank... Read more...

Axa sells Goldman Sachs, adds commercial bank exposure

Axa, the French financial service giant and once the largest shareholder of Goldman Sachs, cut its holdings in Goldman (NYSE: GS) by more than 16 million shares in the three-month period ending on... Read more...

Goldman Sachs winning lots of advisory work

One big question about Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) in the post-SEC settlement era is whether it will have a tougher time winning or retaining clients. Recent deals suggest corporate clients in need of... Read more...

Zoe Cruz hedge funds debut

It has been known for a while that Zoe Cruz, "Cruz Missile," who was among the better known scapegoats of the financial crisis, was aiming to start her own hedge fund firm. Recall she was famously... Read more...

Morgan Stanley vs. the nuns

Recall that earlier this week, the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary in Hertfordshire, England, and the Holy Faith Sisters in Dublin, Ireland were among a group of roughly 90 investors that sued... Read more...

Fraud artists at Morgan Stanley get to keep bonus

What will become of Julian Tzolov and Eric Butler, the former Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) employees who each got a $4.5 million loans from the firm when they joined in 2007. Their Morgan Stanley... Read more...

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley's Volcker Rule timeframe

The Volcker Rule (Volcker Rule news), a central plank of the Dodd-Frank bill, gives firms a fairly generous deadline by which firms must comply. It seems that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and Morgan... Read more...

Is Wall Street backsliding on research?

It seems like the global settlement by top Wall Street firms of charges that its stock research was tainted happened a long time ago. Indeed, the settlement's provision for banks to distribute more... Read more...

Goldman Sachs less than perfect in second quarter

Like its top competitors, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) fell short of the perfect record it posted in the first quarter. The gilded investment bank reported in an SEC (SEC news) filing that it lost money... Read more...

Trading profits info scant at top banks

The trading business has undergone some wrenching changes recently. But one thing that has stayed the same is that the industry has always merited a low price-earnings multiple. Right now, the... Read more...

Press Releases

Fitch Downgrades EM Falcon Limited Series 2008-1 to 'BB-sf'; Outlook Stable

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings has downgraded the notes issued by EM Falcon Limited Series 2008-1 (EM Falcon) as follows: --COP49,000,000,000 variable rate notes to 'BB-sf' from 'Asf'; Read more >>

Apartment Investment and Management Company Announces Pricing of Preferred Stock Offering

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Apartment Investment and Management Company (NYSE: AIV) (“Aimco”) announced today that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 4,000,000 shares of its 7.75% Class U Read more >>

CFSI Launches New Grant Fund to Promote Financial Capabilities among Underserved Consumers

CFSI to support ground-breaking projects designed to move the financial education field forward. CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) launched the Financial Read more >>

Fogel Neale Attracts Experienced Brokers Looking for a Piece of the Pie

NEW YORK, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Experienced brokers and financial consultants just might find the best of both worlds at boutique firm Fogel Neale Partners, a wealth management concern catering to Read more >>

Critical Alerts for Morgan Stanley, Lowe's, AFLAC, Noble Energy, and Sara Lee Released by Seven Summits Research

CHICAGO, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for MS, LOW, AFL, NBL, and SLE. To see what our analysts have discovered about these stocks read the Seven Read more >>