Managers of Wealth Americas

Credit Suisse under investigation in US over Asian hiring

The development comes in the same week as the Zurich-based bank reported a net loss of $1bn for 2017, largely attributed to American income tax expenses.

The Law Firm Disrupted: The Next Wave of In-House Tech Is Already Here

What the advent of contract analytics could mean for the future function of corporate legal departments.

Steven Cohen’s Investment Firm Accused of Hostility to Women

The lawsuit offers a rare glimpse inside the $11 billion firm, which is run by one of Wall Street’s most fabled traders and is a huge source of business across the banking industry.

Ex-Morgan Stanley FA Gets Two Years in Prison

Contrary to what they had promised the client, Geoffrey Walsh put the properties in the name of his business, failed to furnish her with loan or title papers and then sold off some of the properties without her authorization to cover his own personal expe

Former Merrill Exec Wins Skirmish Over Losses in His Stock Plan

Merrill, which believes it can receive more sympathetic hearings in trial courts than in arbitration, has been arguing that the stock in the executives’ plans was issued by Merrill Lynch & Co.

Credit Suisse Faces Lawsuit Over Deferred Pay For Brokers

A Credit Suisse spokeswoman tells the newswire that the suit has no merit and that it’s standard practice for Wells Fargo and other brokerages to cover the deferred compensation of new hires in such instances.

Credit Suisse Says Claims Bank Misled Investors Unfounded

“All regulatory reviews were closed without any action against Credit Suisse,” it said.

Wall Street trader, NFL players hit hard by ‘untouchable’ $4M mob-linked scheme

One of its principals, a reputed made member of the Colombo crime family, even threatened to whack Spanakos during a 2013 deposition.

Law Firms Finished 2017 Better Than 2016 And Everything’s Still Malaise

Law firms had a better 2017 than 2016, but not by much.

Bitcoin Breaks Below $6,000 as Cryptocurrency Exodus Accelerates

The rout in cryptocurrencies intensified, sending Bitcoin to its lowest level since October, as worries over tighter regulation by U.S. authorities and central bankers elsewhere gave traders fresh reasons to sell after a brutal start to 2018.

The tide is turning against US financial regulation

For most of the decade since the global financial crisis, financial regulation has been strengthened. Now the tide is turning in America.

International law firm launches strategic citizenship and residence consultancy

Helping clients interested or needing to secure additional citizenships, or residency rights through investment programmes, will be an area of particular focus

Ex-State Street Executive Faces New U.S. Fraud Charge

The indictment said that as a result of McLellan's action, State Street overcharged the insurers and the funds it advised by about $700,000.

Wave of Lawsuits Proves Dangerous for Advisors and Their Brands

A typical defense in this type of a dispute is that something like this can be considered a common term," he says.

Wells Fargo Advisors Assures Brokers They Can Keep Growing

Managers also can continue recruiting brokers to the firm.

FINRA Fines Wedbush Securities Inc. $1.5 Million for Customer Protection, Net Capital Rule Violations and Related Failures

In settling this matter, Wedbush neither admitted nor denied the charges, but consented to the entry of FINRA's findings.

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