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Stifel Financial Corp. and Thomas Weisel Partners Group Inc. said last week that they have reached a definitive agreement to merge operations in an all-stock transaction valued at more than $300 million.
The Invest in Others Charitable Foundation held its second annual 5K run/walk event in Boston today and the…
A Southern California woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for an investment fraud that cost victims $6.1 million
Knight Capital Group, Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire Astor Asset Management, LLC in a cash and stock deal valued at around $20 million. Astor Asset is a money management firm that specializes in macro-economic strategy and ETF portfolio construction.
Congressional negotiators today approved the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. financial regulation since the Great Depression, reshaping oversight of Wall Street.
Arlen Specter wants to dramatically ratchet up the standard of care required of broker-dealers. Part of that ratcheting up: a possible 25 year jail sentence for B-Ds who willfully violate the tougher standard.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. announced today that it has hit Citigroup Global Markets Inc. with a monetary sanction for supervisory violations relating to its handling of trust funds belonging to cemeteries in two states.
Bernard Madoff is telling fellow prisoners that he secretly transferred $9 billion in funds to three people before federal officials shut down his investment firm.
Less than 24 hours after federal prosecutors revised their estimate of Kenneth Ira Starr's alleged theft to at least twice as large as their original figure of $30 million, the financial adviser to the stars denied any wrongdoing in a brief court appearance.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (above) said that investigators were searching Ken Starr's office and are trying to freeze 23 bank accounts as they search for more high-profile victims of the financial adviser, who was arrested for fraud yesterday. A-List: A look at Kenneth Starr's famous clients
