12/30/2012

Pictet & Rothschild Group to acquire Duff & Phelps

Duff & Phelps has announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which a consortium comprising controlled affiliates of or funds managed by The Carlyle Group, Stone Point Capital, Pictet & Cie and Edmond de Rothschild Group

12/22/2012

Wealth of bank jobs

The hiring focus now is on the back-office compliance staff to rein in the risk takers

12/16/2012

Target Tomorrow's Star Brokers, Not Yesterday's

According to PriceMetrix Inc., a Toronto-based company that advises U.S. and Canadian brokerage firms, the recruiting criteria that companies typically use could tilt them toward advisers whose best years are behind them.