The aim of the LIG [Leadership, Innovation and Growth] program at GE was to embed growth in the DNA of our company, GE CEO Jeff Immelt says in an interview in the January 2009 issue of the Harvard Business Review. You will have to read the article...
Ponzi, Ponzi Everywhere: The SEC either has a coincidental backlog of Ponzi scheme cases closing in the wake of Bernard Madoff, or the agency has put a premium on busting Madoff wannabes as quickly as possible. Since Madoff's arrest in December...
Byron S. Rainner, a former registered representative for MetLife Financial Services, pleaded guilty in Georgia federal court to one count of wire fraud involving a scheme that targeted the Sheriff's Office of Fulton County, Georgia (clearly, not...
When you read the 2005 Markopolos letter to the SEC, which warned the regulator about Bernard Madoff, what jumps out at you is how many professionals on Wall Street were actually suspicious of Madoff's business.
For the past half-decade or more, financial advisors have been shifting from commissions to fees as they seek steadier revenue flows, pursue greater flexibility with client accounts and offer more planning services. And yet, for the industry...
If President Obama is truly a new kind of FDR arriving on the scene to the American economy from itself then he would be wise to read Amity Shlaes new-ish history of the Great Depression, The Forgotten Man (HarperCollins, 2007). In the book a...
That fancy corporate jet Citi ordered a few years back for 2009 delivery? Cancelled.
B/D RIAs have come under fresh scrutiny post Madoff.
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.