niche news from FierceFinance

Just about a month or two ago, people were proclaiming that a golden era for boutique investment banks and trading outfits was at hand. Bankers at bulge brackets firms were streaming to take offers... Read more...

We noted recently that if you want to make in prime brokerage--and you're not Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley--you need a niche. The... Read more...

If there is one part of the tepid deals market that is perky right now, it would be the hedge funds niche. According to Jefferies... Read more...

If you're an independent research outfit and you want to make a splash, it helps to have defined niche. The environment certainly counts, as such issues increasingly factor into investment decisions.... Read more...

People have been fretting about whether hedge funds in general are too closely correlated. Returns have correlated enough even before the current malaise started to Read more...

The Nasdaq of course latched onto the... Read more...

USA Today takes a look at private loans. Amid the furor over federal loans, private loans have gone unnoticed. But this niche is growing much faster, and the rates tend to be higher. 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...

We've spent some time discussing the rise of London as a financial center. New York pols are worried about it,... Read more...

In buying Philly-based Ecount, Citigroup picks up a prepaid card company, a fast-growing niche in the payment market. Citigroup's Global Transaction Services group will offer cards to its corporate... Read more...