Private equity firms seek dividends as pension funds push for returns
October 30, 2012 01:00:00 AMLooming tax hikes, slow IPO scene spur debt run-up to fund big dividend payouts.
Steinberg's WisdomTree aims high with active ETFs
July 11, 2011 01:00:00 AMWith active ETF manager WisdomTree Investments set to go public, Jonathan Steinberg is taking aim at a big target: the $12 trillion mutual fund industry and its tens of billions in annual management fees.
Goldman Sachs board in activists' sights
September 06, 2010 01:00:00 AMDisgruntled shareholders have more power to replace directors; will they succeed?
August 30, 2010 01:00:00 AMGoldman Sachs is target No. 1 for activist investors looking to shake up corporate boards now that the Securities and Exchange Commission has made it easier for shareholders to nominate directors.
Goldman Sachs bets make for some handsome profits in '09
March 08, 2010 12:00:00 AMEvery day the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trading desk opened for business last year, the odds were even that would it make more than $100 million.
Study: Derivatives law may squeeze JPMorgan
December 02, 2009 12:00:00 AMFor months, banking industry lobbyists have been fighting to weaken federal legislation that threatens to make Wall Street a less lucrative place. A report from Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. gives an indication of how high the stakes are.
End of the line for Value Line's tyrannical CEO
November 30, 2009 12:00:00 AMOn Nov. 4, a day after she turned 75, Value Line Inc. Chief Executive Jean Bernhard Buttner got a most unhappy birthday present from the federal government.
New Morgan chief: I'll work on my weaknesses
September 15, 2009 01:00:00 AMMorgan Stanley's next chief executive, James Gorman, said Tuesday that he will focus on strengthening his firm's investment banking and trading business while acknowledging he has little experience in those arenas.
The new kings of Wall St.
September 09, 2009 01:00:00 AMFrom the wreckage of last year's financial calamity, a new power elite is starting to emerge. These players, each in their own way capitalizing on the distress of rivals, are some of the new era's Kings of Wall Street.
Gabelli takes home Wall Street's bigggest paycheck
April 13, 2009 01:00:00 AMIt looks as if the title of best-paid chief executive on Wall Street belongs to money manager Mario Gabelli, who took home an impressive $46 million last year.
The $1.3 trillion man
March 30, 2009 01:00:00 AMHeÂ’s Uncle SamÂ’s favorite money manager. Laurence Fink, founder of BlackRock Inc., gets a call pretty much whenever the federal government needs help cleaning up the latest financial mess.
Pay cuts
March 23, 2009 01:00:00 AMBlackstoneÂ’s CEO: 'Keep away' from real estate
March 10, 2009 01:00:00 AMWarning that economy will remain in dismal shape for “a while,” Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman urged people against buying real estate — even at seemingly depressed prices.
Full steam ahead
March 09, 2009 01:00:00 AMThe British are coming
March 03, 2009 12:00:00 AM