Here's a prediction for 2010: Another wild ride in the stock and bond markets, in real estate and in interest rates. The economists and analysts are all over the place when it comes to this year, leaving individual investors on their own to prepare for anything and everything.
A former McKinsey & Co director told a court on Thursday that Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam paid him $1.75 million in exchange for confidential information on clients to make illegal stock trades.
Fourth-quarter earnings for the big U.S. investment banks could disappoint investors if falling debt trading volumes hurt what had been the banks' key profit engines in the first three quarters of 2009.
A former McKinsey & Co director charged with leaking confidential information to Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam became the seventh person to plead guilty in what U.S. prosecutors have called the biggest hedge fund insider trading case ever.
A former McKinsey & Co director charged with leaking confidential information to Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam became the seventh person to plead guilty in what U.S. prosecutors have called the biggest hedge fund insider trading case ever.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who last year forced board changes at biotechnology company Biogen Idec Inc , may take aim at cross-town rival Genzyme Corp , according to a source familiar with the situation.
A former McKinsey & Co director charged with leaking confidential information to Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam became the seventh person to plead guilty in what U.S. prosecutors have called the biggest hedge fund insider trading case ever.
Charles Schwab Corp , the largest U.S. online brokerage, is cutting its fees by about $4 per trade, a rare pricing change that could pressure rivals to follow suit.
Brian Moynihan, the new chief executive of Bank of America (BAC.N), has been confirmed as one of the four bank executives set to testify Wednesday before a U.S. commission created by Congress to examine the financial crisis.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and Sempra Energy (SRE.N) have received bids for their commodities joint venture from a trio of banks keen to expand in the booming business, a person familiar with the matter said.
Worldwide venture capital investment in green technology companies fell 33 percent in 2009 to $5.6 billion during the global financial turmoil, according to a survey by Cleantech Group and Deloitte.
Hedge funds are at the top of a list of financial career categories with fewer job postings compared to a year ago in the United States.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and U.S. group Sempra Energy (SRE.N) have received a trio of bids worth about $4 billion for their commodities joint venture, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Stock index futures dipped on Thursday along with global markets, as investors awaited data expected to show a rise in initial jobless claims, one day before the closely watched monthly non-farm payrolls report.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower opening on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq 100 down 0.4 to 0.5 percent.
Expect quite a bit of movement within operations roles in both investment banking and funds management, says Anton Murray, director of Anton Murray Consulting.
Members of the Federal Reserve worried that the winding down of the central bank's massive purchases of mortgage securities, among other factors, could snuff a fragile housing market recovery, minutes of their December meeting showed on Wednesday.
Members of the Federal Reserve worried that the winding down of the central bank's massive purchases of mortgage securities, among other factors, could snuff a fragile housing market recovery, minutes of their December meeting showed on Wednesday.
Following a successful public debut of one of its companies last year, a San Francisco venture capital firm is now guiding two more of its green portfolio firms to raise money in the public markets.
Nearly half of global money managers are making investment decisions without factoring in risks or opportunities associated with climate change, according to a survey released on Wednesday by a coalition of environmentalists and investors.
Following a successful public debut of one of its companies last year, a San Francisco venture capital firm is now guiding two more of its green portfolio firms to raise money in the public markets.
Property agent Century 21 China Real Estate plans to raise about $150 million via its initial public offering of shares at the New York Stock Exchange this month, sources familiar with the deal told Reuters on Wednesday.
