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John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch and the man who engineered the sales of the storied Wall Street firm to Bank of America in September, is leaving the combined firm "immediately," according to a report from CNBC.
Mary L. Schapiro heads to Capitol Hill tomorrow morning for the hearing on her Senate confirmation as President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
It’s official: Morgan Stanley will pay $2.7 billion to acquire a 51 percent stake in Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup management told Registered Rep. this afternoon. The agreement was signed today. The deal will close in about six...
Despite a $45 billion capital injection from the government in 2008, Citi is in dire enough need of capital that it is planning to spin off its retail brokerage operation, Smith Barney, according to reports, in a joint venture with cross-town...