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Q4 Earnings: Citi Misses Earnings on Lower Results
By Pallavi GogoiAt Citigroup, loans improved, but sales and profitsincluding those from its Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venturedeclined year over year.
January 16, 2012
Fiduciary Debate: What if Doctors Could Act Like Advisors?Wherein our intrepid blogger applies the logician's reductio ad absurdum argument to the current debate over applying the fiduciary standard to brokers, or not.
January 13, 2012
Q4 Earnings: JPMorgan Profits Down 23%; Asset Management Off 40%In JPMorgan Chase's Q4 2011 earnings release, CEO Jamie Dimon highlighted the bank's loans to businesses and consumers rather than focus on poor trading conditions and lower revenues.
January 06, 2012
Jan. 18 Webinar to Focus on Key Issues, Strategies for Advisors in TransitionUnique data, insights and strategies for advisors considering a change to be addressed in latest AdvisorOne web seminar.
January 05, 2012
Merrill Lynch Boosts Client Minimum, Earns Expert’s KudosThe move to raise the minimum household asset level to $250,000 comes as the Bank of America unit seeks further ways of increasing profits for its high-net-worth and mass-affluent operations.
January 02, 2012
Banks Set for Better Year?The KBW Bank Index fell 25% in 2011, while the KBW Regional Banking Index lost 7%.
December 26, 2011
Commonwealth Financial Boosts PlatformCommonwealth Financial Network said it recently added a number of improvements to its online portfolio platform Investor360. These enhancements, according to the independent broker-dealer, boost the scope of asset information on the platform and allow its affiliated representatives to look at more performance reporting and daily gain/loss data, while also...
December 23, 2011
Another Judge Challenges SEC SettlementMilwaukee Judge Randas objections are reminiscent of Judge Rakoffs criticisms of the SECs settlement with Citigroup. Indeed, Randa cited Rakoff in his filing.