01/07/2016
Swedroe: Private Equity Not Worth Fees
He cites a recent disclosure by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System
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01/07/2016
Robert H.B. Baldwin, Who Led Morgan Stanley’s Growth, Dies at 95
The cause was pneumonia.
01/06/2016
There is really only one area of investment banking you want to be in right now
Investment bankers working on mergers and acquisitions had an incredible 2015.
01/06/2016
How Goldman Sachs' most senior execs unwind
The series of posts comes as the bank takes strides to improve work-life balance for its e
12/31/2015
Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Still Strong After 10 Years as Chief
Consequently, JPMorgan was able to invest in new branches and technology, including the introduction of new payments systems.
12/27/2015
Citigroup’s New Office Plan: No Offices
The wall-less workspace is meant to flatten hierarchies, something banks have traditionally been built on.
12/27/2015
There are 2 clear Wall Street winners in the year of the mega-deal
No other Wall Street bank cracked the $5 billion mark for investment-banking revenue.
12/22/2015
How Brazil’s Top Investment Banker Built, and Lost, an Empire
André Esteves charged into government businesses to fuel growth at BTG Pactual; dealings feature in investigations
12/21/2015
Nomura Said to Seek Stake in American Century for $1 Billion
The Japanese firm is seeking to expand its capabilities to sell products to pension funds and insurers, and enter private banking and retail markets in the U.S
12/18/2015
This JPMorgan memo shows the bank is 'aggressively' investing in blockchain tech and robotics
Blockchain is a name for the software underpinning bitcoin that uses complex cryptography and distributed ledgers
12/15/2015
First Financial Northwest, Inc. Announces the Passing of Director Kathleen Smythe, Ph.D.
Ms. Smythe passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 11, 2015.
12/15/2015
Jefferies fixed-income revenues plunge in bad signal for Wall St
Still, the read-across is not perfect; Jefferies’ annual revenues of $2.5bn make it less than a tenth of the size of Wall Street rivals like JPMorgan.
12/11/2015
Webster Bank to take over most Citi branches in Boston
Webster, which has about $24 billion in assets, is set to announce on Friday that it will take over Citi’s leases and reopen the offices under its name in mid-January.
12/10/2015
BofA's U.S. Stress-Test Resubmission Gets Clearance From Fed
All of Bank of America’s biggest competitors passed their test earlier this year, and the stakes for Moynihan, 56, were high.
12/08/2015
HSBC looks to global loan book to boost profits
"Investors come to us to buy emerging market assets."
12/08/2015
M&A Investment Banking Firms Quarton Partners And Blue Corporate Finance Announce Formation Of Quarton International
Their successful background in finance, complements our European team's entrepreneurial background impeccably.
12/07/2015
HSBC bolsters Direct Custody network with US launch
Under new regulatory regimes, global custodians are liable for any assets lost in the chain
12/06/2015
Bank of the West and BNP Paribas Announce Winners of Second Phase of the First Ever BNP Paribas International Hackathon
Two of the final six winners, Saldo.mx and SnapCheck, came out of the San Francisco leg of the competition
12/04/2015
Wells Fargo joins AltX intelligence platform for hedge fund industry
Technology will continue to play an even larger role in investing
12/04/2015
Eight big American banks' ratings cut by Standard and Poor's
Bank of New York Mellon, State Street and Wells Fargo were also cut a notch, to A, while JP Morgan went down to A-.