February 7, 2012 - With a projected valuation of as much as $100 billion, Facebooks imminent IPO may portend great things for social media. But many planners feel less bullish about its prospects for delivering investment returns.
February 1, 2012 - Antitrust regulators in Europe stopped the merger of Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext on Wednesday, saying the combined group would have a stranglehold on the listed European futures market and would thwart new entrants.
February 1, 2012 - NYSE Euronext said it would focus on its standalone strategy, while Deutsche Boerse declared this a black day after the European Commission prohibited the merger of the two exchange operators.
January 19, 2012 - The Securities and Exchange Commission has joined the U.S. Department of Justice in approving the merger of NYSE Euronext with Deutsche Boerse. The remaining hurdle: the EC.
December 28, 2011 - Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext said they have decided to push back the deadline for completing their merger until March 31.
December 27, 2011 - The London-based firm specializes in cash management, fixed income and UCITS.
December 26, 2011 - With approval from the U.S. Justice Department in hand and approval from the European Commission still to be achieved, NYSE Euronext is looking for a period of relative quiet through the end of the year on its quest to merge with Deutsche Boerse.
December 22, 2011 - The merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse has been cleared on the New York side of the Atlantic Ocean.
December 21, 2011 - Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext have offered to cap fees on trading in their European derivatives contracts for three years in their last-ditch effort to get their $9 billion merger cleared by the European Union. The European Commission has expressed concerns that the two exchange operators' account for a 90 percent share of the exchange-listed futures market in Europe and could as a result thwart the arrival of new rivals.
December 21, 2011 - Wells Fargo & Co. has signed a deal to acquire investment boutique EverKey Global Partners.
December 13, 2011 - Goldmans aim is to offer more income-generating funds.
November 28, 2011 - Parent company Asset International says it will make significant investments to expand acquired FRC products.
November 14, 2011 - Corporate acquisitions using overpriced shares of stock rarely do much to cushion the decline the shares eventually suffer, according to a new study by accounting experts.
November 8, 2011 - The arrangement permits leaders to act swiftly and respond to investor demand.
November 8, 2011 - The new business, to be called S&P/Dow Jones Indices, will include both the S&P Indices business of McGraw-Hill and the Dow Jones Indexes business of CME Group and Dow Jones, a unit of News Corporation.