Lorie Konish

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman announced in a company memo Thursday that three executive roles would shift as the firm sets out to expand its business in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Two industry veterans have struck out on their own to start a new fixed income broker-dealer firm.

The independent securities regulator has put to rest an eight-year-old dispute, finding no violations in Citigroup’s advisor recruitment from Oppenheimer.

A FINRA arbitration panel has ordered UBS to cough up $2.8 million to settle a dispute with a former in-house recruiter.

Affinity has named Steve Figliozzi to the newly-created director of marketing and distribution position, following the firm’s re-launch in November.

New data released from Morningstar shows two of its indexes faced a more difficult month in November, as the asset class in general falls short of matching 2009’s performance.

A new report from Standard & Poor’s shows that home prices and annual growth rates have declined from earlier this year, pointing to a double-dip.

A new report from Toronto-based Bullion Management Group urges investors to buffer their investments with bullion.

UBS will pay $2.2 million to individual investors in the largest settlement to date related to Lehman Brothers-associated products it once sold.

Opposing advocacy groups complain that new whistleblower rules could allow too much internal corporate interference or provide whistleblowers with too much financial incentive.

The Delaware company, currently in an acquisition deal with M&T Bank, added three senior wealth advisors from Boston Private.

The Bank of America unit caps off a year of aggressive wealth management team expansion with the appointment of five new advisors.

Goldman Sachs plans to aggressively expand its wealth business by hiring up to 200 additional advisors.

More Americans plan to get their finances in order in 2011 while the global economic recovery continues to shake out, Fidelity survey says.

A few housekeeping tips before we ring in the New Year could help ensure investors are in shape for tax time and beyond.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research has added two new senior analysts focusing on socially responsible investing and sustainability.

Advisors need to do more to turn highly satisfied customers into active referrals, according to a survey.

The new appointments bring the company's total new advisor hires for 2010 to 50.

The new Highlands, N.C., location brings Edwards’ branch office operations to eight states.