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Registered Rep.
March 12, 2009 |
In the News: Madoff Pleads Guilty; AG Cuomo Says Merrill Mislead Him, UBS Retail Unit Stumbled in '08, Fund Manager Steve Leuthold Is (Still) Very Bullish Madoff faces up to 150 years in prison... Cuomo wants disclosure on bonuses... UBS releases 2008 annual report... "Buy `em when they hate'em," Leuthold says...   |
Registered Rep.
March 18, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Congress Is Outraged--Again; Citi's New CEO?; Meredith Whitney Spews More Venom; and Madoff's Accountant's Life Just Got More Interesting The AIG CEO is testifying before the Inquisition -- er, Congress this morning. Liddy will be grilled about $165 million in bonuses his company doled out to executives. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Here Comes the Pain for Thain Just days after resigning from Bank of America, former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain has been subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General regarding $4 billion in bonuses paid just days before merging with B of A. |
Registered Rep.
July 30, 2009
John Churchill |
Pressure to Reign In Executive Compensation Grows New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo released a report today on the compensation practices of the banking industry. Top on the list of concerns was the compensation structure at larger banks. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Justice for Bank of America Shareholders Bank of America shareholders are getting some justice, and those singlehandedly responsible for transforming the bank from a world-class enterprise into a taxpayer-sucking ward are being held accountable. |
Registered Rep.
January 19, 2006 |
Is Supreme Court Leaning Towards a Decision Against Broker? The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in connection with a suit by a former Merrill Lynch broker against the nation's largest brokerage firm, and the early reaction to the hearing is that this time Goliath won. |
Registered Rep.
February 4, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
NY AG Names Names -- Charges Ken Lewis With Fraud The New York Attorney General's office today charged Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis with fraud for failing to disclose material details about Merrill Lynch in its merger with the brokerage. |
Registered Rep.
February 26, 2009
John Churchill |
AG Cuomo Has the Goods--What Will Come of Merrill Bonuses? Former Merrill CEO John Thain testified before the AG for the second time on Tuesday, abiding by a court order that he share the names of bonus recipients with the AG after he initially declined to do so. |
Registered Rep.
February 11, 2009 |
At the Break: Congressional CEO Smackdown Provides Some Entertaining Tantrums, Some Embarrassment, Mostly Bloviating Representatives The House Financial Services Committee staged a bit of theater today for the benefit of U.S. taxpayers. |
Registered Rep.
November 20, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Meet the New Boss, Literally Same as the Old Boss? Lewis to Stay at BoA? A new survey says that large shareholders and Bank of America management would prefer Ken Lewis to stay on as CEO. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2008
David A. Geracioti |
The Deposit Sugar Daddy The surprising take over of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America. |
Registered Rep.
January 22, 2009 |
Thain Departs BofA--An $87,000 Rug? Say It Ain't So, John! Client AUMs Fall By 30 Percent In 2008 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. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Ken Lewis: A Fraudster, or Just Stupid? Or maybe a stupid fraudster? |
Registered Rep.
July 31, 2008
John Churchill |
Massachusetts Says Merrill Defrauded ARS Clients Among the many claims against Merrill Lynch is that management censored otherwise gloomy fixed income research in order to move volatile inventory out of company inventory and into client portfolios. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Shakeup Looms at Bank of America Among other issues B of A investors must grapple with at their annual meeting is the fate of CEO Ken Lewis, who has been tarred and feathered after the multibillion-dollar Merrill Lynch acquisition blew up, nearly taking shareholders down with it. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
AIG Bonus Outrage Is Bogus Don't buy the government's surprised anger at the AIG exec bonuses. |
Registered Rep.
February 11, 2009 |
Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?! Watch, Live, Wall Street CEOs Explain TARP Use To House Committee The House Financial Services Committee is giving Wall Street CEOs a chance to explain to U.S. taxpayers what they are doing with TARP funds. |
Registered Rep.
January 28, 2009 |
Merrill Cuts Trainees Let the penny pinching commence! Merrill Lynch's training program took a hit yesterday as many of its trainees were shown the door. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2009
Jack Milligan |
For BofA, a Year of Living Dangerously While some might resent it, strong CEOs sometimes need strong boards to protect them from themselves. |
Registered Rep.
December 28, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
FT Names Blankfein Person of the Year, Why Not You, the Retail Financial Advisor? Lloyd Blankfein may be a worthy winner, but here are some other worthy names that might have been tossed into the till. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
O'Neal Gone: Reps Apathetic, Analysts Say Get Back To Basics If you work at Merrill, enjoy the cloak-and-dagger board room fight. In reality, things aren't so bad. The bottom line: Merrill ought to stick to what it is good at -- retail brokerage. |
Registered Rep.
December 5, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Spitzer Returns! New York A.G. Probes Wall Street On Mortgage-Backed Securities The punches keep on coming for some of Wall Street's biggest firms, as a handful of firms were sent subpoenas late this summer courtesy of New York State Attorney General. |
Registered Rep.
March 4, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
The Conflicts of Interest in Not Being a Fiduciary; Hang Charlie Merrill In Effigy? At least one commentator is calling for Charlie Merrill to be hung in effigy for creating the modern-day, hard-charging, sales-oriented brokerage called Merrill Lynch. |
Registered Rep.
March 25, 2009
Kristen French |
Regionals Buying B/D Branches, It's All About AIG, BofA's Reassurances Stifel Nicolaus to buy 55 UBS wealth management branches spread across 24 states... Fallout from the AIG bonus kerfuffle continues to dominate the news... Bank of America to repay TARP money by April... |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2008
Rich Duprey |
A Backhanded Defense of CEO Pay Congress is hosting a tete-a-tete for the heads or former heads of Countrywide, Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup to discuss how they could reap such windfalls in the face of their company's failures. |
Registered Rep.
February 10, 2009 |
In First Media Interview, McCann Says Resignation Was At A "Logical Time" In his first interview since leaving Merrill Lynch, Robert J. McCann says he maintains good feelings for both Merrill Lynch and the timing of his departure. |
Registered Rep.
March 19, 2009
John Churchill |
Yet Another Fraud; AIG, Merrill Bonuses Going Going G...; Lehman Brothers Killed by Shorts? SEC charges two former political figures in fraudulent "kick back" scheme... New York Attorney General says he will release the names of the Merrill Lynch bonus recipients... Lehman's downfall... |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2010 |
Goldman Sachs Plans Tighter Bonus Rules The plan applies to unspecified "key employees" starting this year. It gives Goldman the ability to take back bonuses from employees who violate company rules. |
Registered Rep.
September 25, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
NY Attorney General: I Could Have Nailed Merrill on More Serious Charges Eliot Spitzer said he could have pursued criminal charges against Merrill Lynch for its conflicts of interest in its research, but that he didn't want to "destroy" the firm or Wall Street. |
Registered Rep.
July 10, 2008 |
Wachovia: Oops, We Did It Again Yesterday Wachovia announced a new CEO to replace Ken Thompson: Robert Steele, previously a vice chairman at Goldman Sachs, and currently undersecretary of the Treasury until Wednesday. |
Registered Rep.
November 10, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Merrill Integration Ahead of Schedule, Says Lewis An article in the New York Post claims Merrill Lynch advisors are annoyed with Bank of America's (BoA) efforts to get them to offer their clients BoA checking accounts, but Ken Lewis says that's not true. |
Registered Rep.
September 15, 2008
Kristen French |
Merrill Lynch Sells Itself To Bank of America: Update 3 The biggest question, now that BofA has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, is what Bank of America will do to hold onto Merrill Lynch's dearest asset -- its approximately 17,000 financial advisors. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 10, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Bonuses Still Point of Contention for Obama The President continues to push for restrictions on bonus compensation for financial executives. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2009
Morgan Housel |
B of A's Ken Lewis: Still Mostly Clueless Maria Bartiromo asks Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis how he would prove to an upcoming shareholder meeting that Merrill Lynch won't become something that will require a 12-figure bailout by the federal government. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
Bob Veres |
The Big Regulatory Fix If the same few companies are behind virtually every major financial scandal and meltdown, why are the regulators talking about tightening up on all financial advisors? |
Registered Rep.
March 5, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
"Look Ma, Me Regulate!" No Retention Bonuses from Wells Fargo. Exceptions Apply; Merrill Bonus Saga Continues In its latest effort to prove its effectiveness, the SEC says it wants to reevaluate the rules governing credit-rating agencies. |
Registered Rep.
January 4, 2008 |
Merrill Slashes Trading Jobs Merrill Lynch began a round of layoffs this morning. |
AFP eWire
December 3, 2007 |
New Bank Philanthropy Fund Has Billion-Dollar Goal A new donor-advised fund started by global investment bank Goldman Sachs has a goal of raising $1 billion over the next several years. |
Registered Rep.
November 6, 2008 |
Bank Of America To Sign Protocol, Herd Still Weighing Options Bank of America intends to sign the so-called "broker protocol," an agreement signed by most of the brokerage firms and RIAs stipulating what client information is acceptable for a departing financial advisor to take without getting sued by the former employer. But when? |
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2008
John Churchill |
Morgan Stanley Earnings Up, Stock Down; Wealth Management Unit Raking In Assets And Advisors Morgan Stanley, perhaps in an effort to quell investor fears that it was on similarly shaky ground as Lehman Brothers, pre-announced its third-quarter earnings yesterday, surprising analysts with census beating results. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 24, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Geithner Says 'World is Watching' as U.S. Crafts Economic Recovery Plans Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says reestablishing the right balance between stability and efficiency in the economic system is the government's obligation. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Shame, Shame, John Thain The "take-the-money-and run-before-it's-too-late" behavior Merrill has exhibited at Thain's lead is, to say the least, appalling. |
Registered Rep.
August 7, 2008
John Churchill |
Citi Settles With SEC and Cuomo Over ARS Failure The firm has agreed to buy back auction rate securities sold to institutional and retail investors nationwide who've been stuck with the illiquid investment vehicles since February 12, 2008. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2009
Kearney et al. |
The Power Players It's shaping up to be a challenging year for the wirehouse world. From Washington to Wall Street, see who we think will have the most influence on the industry as it battles through the down market. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
B of A Needs a New CEO Ken Lewis had his crack at running Bank of America and it hasn't turned out well. Should he be shown the door? |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Goldman Sachs Tosses Back Bailout Money We don't need no stinkin' TARP funds! Keep 'em! |
Registered Rep.
March 7, 2011
John Aidan Byrne |
No Hardball Garden Leave at Merrill, Krawcheck Tells Advisors Sallie Krawcheck, the head of Bank of America's wealth management business, recently told Merrill's thundering herd that the bank's new "garden leave" employment policy agreement won't apply to them. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Defending Wall Street The criminal investigations that are being launched against Wall Street firms are woefully misdirected. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Bank Execs Forgo Bonuses, but Does It Matter? Goldman Sachs announces that seven of its top executives, including CEO Lloyd Blankfein, will forgo bonuses this year. Expect others to follow. |
Registered Rep.
September 6, 2011
Kristen French |
Updated: Bank of America Spins Off Krawcheck, Not Merrill, FAs Unhappy Two years after hiring her, Bank of America is giving the heave-ho to Sallie Krawcheck, head of global wealth and investment management. |
