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

While 2010 represented a modest improvement for mergers and acquisitions, the market for initial public offerings surged back to life, as domestic IPO activity eclipsed the previous two years, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The business-cycle recovery in the global economy that began in the summer of 2009 is now an expansion, says MSSB.

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

The fourth-largest U.S. bank taps execs from Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase, Oppenheimer

The law firm approved the appointment of the former Comptroller of the Currency on Monday to chair the firm's financial institutions group and to advise clients on ...

Global mergers rose 19% this year from last year and the top M&A adviser in 2010 was Goldman Sachs, according to data published by Thomson Reuters.

When Dynasty Financial Partners landed Michael C. Brown as a partner and director of wealth management, the firm was determined to create a wealth management business where elite financial advisors could run their practices.

Small and medium sized businesses are ready to hire again, according to a survey by employment agency AppleOne, released Wednesday.

Legg Mason has hired Peter H. Nachtwey as chief financial officer and a member of its executive committee, reporting to Chairman and CEO Mark R. Fetting.