By now, everyone on Wall Street knows Bear Stearns is in deep—well, you know what. But where does the firm’s state of emergency leave its 500 or so advisors? That depends on whom you ask.
As former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer learned this week—after being ousted for clandestine trysts with expensive call girls—prostitution is illegal. Spitzer was not the first (nor the last) high-profile person to enjoy expensive...
Eliot Spitzer, who’s dramatic demise over the past few days has been covered backwards and forwards by every media outlet in the country, is not getting a lot of sympathy from Wall Street reps or executives. Many of them are celebrating the...
Providence -- "I belong to all the right organizations in my community. I'm in the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the best country clubs, social groups and charitable organizations. Why am I not getting the results I want: more affluent...
WealthTrust announced today that Mark Rogozinski has joined the company as Senior Vice President-Corporate Development. In this role, he will be responsible for acquisition development and external strategic relationships. He will be based in New...
Citigroup’s reorganization of its private bank and Global Wealth Management division, announced Tuesday, will absolutely not force advisors into silos based on client wealth, said Sallie Krawcheck, Chairman and CEO of Citigroup's Global...
Feb. 27, 2008 -- As we were going to press with the March 2008 issue ofTrusts & Estates magazine, we received an email from Kevin Matz of White & Case, LLP, who has a piece in that issue entitled "Knight's Decided. Now What?" Matz wrote...
Is arbitration fair? Do retail investors get a fair shake in arbitration hearings, considering one member of the three-member panel is an industry person? The argument has been ongoing, with the most recent salvo fired off by a new academic study...
We recently received a set of documents from opposing counsel in a trust litigation case. As our co-counsel at another firm was reviewing the documents, she noticed that the plaintiffs' lawyers had inadvertently included certain recent...