Corporate finance

Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank report starting 5,500 new client relationships in the third quarter, more than a third of which came through recent graduates of its training program.

The firm's stock traders recorded their best quarter in more than three years, on track for their best year ever.

Funds managed by Stone Point Capital are buying back the majority interest in the independent wealth management firm with 1,700 financial advisors.

The firm reported $90.8 billion of total net new assets in the quarter, an 88% increase on the same period a year ago.

JPMorgan reported a gain in net interest income for the third quarter, surprising many analysts.

Third-quarter results from Wells Fargo surpassed most analysts' expectations, thanks to surging investment-banking fees.

Leaders from Envestnet, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Dimensional Fund Advisors discuss how technology has made it both easier and yet more challenging for advisors to manage portfolios on their own.

The firm raises its predictions after finding that fewer customers are shifting cash in pursuit of higher yields.

In an earnings call, an RBC executive says the firm decided to raise its account yields in response to higher Fed rates because "the right balance was to allocate some of that rising rate to our customers."

UBS executives estimate their plan to raise rates on certain accounts will cost the firm $50 million. A new suit cites that as evidence that the firm "violated its obligations to its clients."