This Spring when I was still an editor at Corporate Counsel magazine, I had lunch and a wide-ranging conversation with a famous white-collar criminal defense lawyer. Just as this attorney was finishing a chopped salad, he confessed that the...
I recall a 1998 Life in Hell cartoon by Matt Groening. ÒDo you sincerely want to live forever at a price you can afford?Ó reads a sign. ÒThen bring your head down to Akbar Ôn JeffÕs Cryonics Hut. Where the elite beat the...
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At least two things are certain about the new 529 college savings plans: The financial services industry loves them, and they’re generating all kinds of media buzz. But despite all the hype, 529s probably are not a magic new wealth-transfer...
Executives at SIA's Retail Management Conference in Chicago this week said they haven't done enough to help reps make what they see as a necessary transition to a fee-based advisory business for wealthy clients from a transactional business. "We...
The gloves are off. Speaking at SIA's Retail Management Conference in Chicago, James Gorman, president of Merrill Lynch's private client group, directed blunt comments at those who imply that Merrill and other big wirehouses are "boiler rooms."...
The Axe Falls at DB Alex. Brown
New Page 1 PRIMEDIA’S REGISTERED REP. MAGAZINE RANKS AMERICA’S TOP BROKERS The First Annual Listing of The Best Brokers in America Includes 17 With Assets Under Management Over $1 Billion New York - September 24, 2002 – PRIMEDIA&...
Eliot Spitzer, the New York Attorney General, said in a speech that he could have convicted Merrill Lynch of securities fraud for its conflicts of interest in its research,
A suit filed in California last week alleges that major brokerage firms are charging customers unreasonable and undisclosed fees when selling municipal bonds.