Patrick McGurn, vice president and special counsel with Institutional Shareholder Services, said that even with a market recovery the industry will continue to feel the fallout of corporate scandals such as Enron, WorldCom, etc.
This is the latest century-old name to be dumped in an ever-changing industry where financial services companies are consolidating. Morgan Stanley dropped Dean Witter from its name earlier this year, and Citigroup plans to drop the name Salomon...
The Hershey School Trust recently tried to sell a controlling interest in Hershey Foods, the largest chocolate maker in the United States. The initiative ignited very vocal public protest and rapid-fire state court litigation that attracted a huge...
As you might have guessed: Retail investors satisfaction with brokeragesand individual brokershave declined, according to the Security Industry Association (SIA) annual investors attitudes survey. According to the survey, the percentage of...
SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt received a standing ovation this morning after his speech to the Securities Industry Association’s annual convention in Boca Raton, Fla. The chairman, who resigned on election night, introduced his speech saying, that...
SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt received a standing ovation this morning after his speech to the Securities Industry Association’s annual convention in Boca Raton, Fla. The chairman, who resigned on election night, introduced his speech saying, that...
It's official: It's a time for "building investor confidence." That’s the theme of this year’s Securities Industry Association gabfest, held at the tony Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Fla. Never mind that SEC...