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On Thursday afternoon, Morgan Stanley retail chief James Gorman was freed by a New York State judge of the temporary restraining order that prevented him from raiding Merrill Lynch’s brokerage ranks.

Yesterday, new Morgan Stanley retail chief James Gorman unleashed a fresh round of cuts – with more expected shortly – as part of his efforts to right the faltering brokerage operation.

Actively managed mutual funds have done worse than is generally thought. Those, at least, are the findings of a study released yesterday covering a ten-year period of performance figures reported by Morningstar, the popular mutual fund tracker.

Not all wealthy clients are created equal. Yes, we know, some are a lot richer than others. But seriously. According to new research, despite years of effort by financial advisory firms to force reps to focus on millionaire clients, less than a...

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is cracking down on investment seminars aimed at taking advantage of seniors, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox announced Friday at the annual consumer assembly of the Consumer Federation of America.

Asset-management firm, Legg Mason, announced on Thursday that its founder, Raymond “Chip” Mason, is stepping down as president.

If you listen to your firm’s analyst and your client loses money, who is to blame? You, the client, the analyst or the firm?

Is James Gorman, the new head of retail at Morgan Stanley, brazenly poaching employees from his old firm, Merrill Lynch?

Morgan Stanley reported bad news on first quarter retail earnings today. Both pre-tax income and margins declined steeply for its brokerage business, but in a conference call this morning chief financial officer David Sidwell expressed optimism...