When the scandal craze that has gripped the securities industry first got its kick in the pants two years ago from Eliot Spitzer and his crew, few in the industry recognized how deep it might go. Sure, some nefarious...
Soft dollars is a heavily debated topic these days, particularly among the fund managers who shoulder the commissions load. A new study from The Journal of Portfolio Management asked chief investment officers at 72...
The SIA Soft Dollars and Institutional Brokerage Conference took aim at a wide range of issues related to soft-dollar payments in the brokerage industry, but most of the conference's attendees were there to find out...
Perhaps it was inevitable: After a couple of years of ownership changes, management musical chairs and shifting business plans, Quick & Reilly has finally succumbed. Bank of America, which inherited Quick as part of...
Merrill Lynch's purported shopping of its investment management unit has some juicy implications for the nation's largest brokerage operation, but it also could be a signpost of a much more important event a history...
The SIA Soft Dollars and Institutional Brokerage Conference took aim at a wide range of issues related to soft-dollar payments in the brokerage industry, but most of the conference’s attendees were there to find...
