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Q3 Earnings Kickoff: JPMorgan Profit Drops 4%
By Joyce HansonJPMorgan Chase & Co. on Thursday kicked off the finance sectors first major earnings release for the third-quarter with an anticipated drop in profit, down 4% to $4.26 billion from $4.42 billion a year ago.
October 04, 2011
UBS Expects Modest Profit for Q3, New Client InflowsUBS said Tuesday that, despite a loss of $2.3 billion related to unauthorized trading and $433 million restructuring charge tied to cost cutting, it should report a modest net profit for the third quarter of 2011.
September 29, 2011
IRA Rollovers & RelationshipsA report released in early September by Spectrem focuses on a survey of nearly 1,000 investors who had recently made a rollover or had the opportunity to rollover assets, and found nearly one-third chose Fidelity as their IRA provider. Vanguard was a distant second at 11 percent.
September 29, 2011
UBS Cutting Staff, But Recruiting FAsUBS said it planned to cut staff by 3,500, or more than 5 percent of its global workforce, as part of its overall plan to trim about $2.5 billion from its yearly expenses by the end of 2013 to improve operating efficiency, the company explained in late August. About 10...
September 22, 2011
The Power of the Platform: New Benefits Management ToolsTechnology platforms are changing the way consumers share information about everything - about our friends, family, jobs and even our health benefits.
September 22, 2011
Guggenheim Partners Lifts Out Rydex|SGI to Form $119B Asset Management FirmGuggenheim Investments will offer equity, alternatives and fixed income investing options through a range of vehicles; Rydex CEO Richard Goldman will become COO of new firm.
September 19, 2011
Conning to Manage $8 Billion in Phoenix AssetsConning Inc. has agreed to acquire a fixed-income investment manager from the Phoenix Companies Inc. and to take over management of the company's publicly traded fixed-income general account insurance assets.
September 17, 2011
How to Build a Foolproof Family Limited PartnershipA strong FLP must be custom-built from the ground up or you risk having the IRS or a court set it aside.