John Churchhill

STRUCTURED PRODUCTS, complicated hybrid securities used both to hedge and to speculate, are among the fastest growing investment vehicles in the retail market

Wachovia Securities, the brokerage arm of Wachovia, is going to start offering its advisors bonuses tied to client satisfaction.

Stifel Nicolaus, the quiet St. Louis-based regional, doubled its size in two years with its purchases of Legg Mason's capital markets group in 2005 and now Ryan Beck, Bank Atlantic's brokerage arm, in January.

Technology companies raised $19.1 billion in global financing last year. And 37 tech-industry IPOs raised $4.5 billion lagging only the oil and gas and finance industries.

Three brokerage firms graced Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For this year: Edward Jones, Robert W. Baird, and A.G. Edwards

Pump and Dump Shut Down: A U.S. District Court in Florida ruled in January against two individuals accused of running a penny-stock manipulation scheme that netted more than $25 million in profits.

On Monday, Merrill Lynch announced plans to acquire First Republic Bank, a San Francisco-based private banking and wealth-management firm with $16.4 billion in assets under management, for $1.8 billion. The...

We’ve already heard about what a great year 2006 was for Wall Street, with securities industry firms ringing in some of the best revenues and profits in years. But fourth-quarter earnings reports are just now...