Corporate finance

The bank has been investing in electronic technology and sharpening its focus on trade execution, trying to unseat Morgan Stanley as Wall Street’s top stock-trading shop.

Take snafus from other financial institutions as fire drills to stress test your third-party providers.

Claims by one firm executive that systematic investing “lends itself to providing liquidity” remain largely untested in a post-crisis bull.

Some see a potential cure in a practice that’s commonplace from Italy to the U.K., but banned in the U.S.

HD Vest's parent displayed the growth coming from the acquisition of its former rival.

The turnkey asset management platform is targeting enterprise firms willing to pay more than $100,000 per year, CEO Jud Bergman said during an earnings call.

The RIA holding company reports a 30% rise in revenues and 30 M&A deals.

CEO Philip Sanders admits the past two years of the segment’s overhaul have been “a grind,” but he says it’s now ready to grow.

The firm has been picking off talent from rivals, primarily wirehouses.

Dan Arnold deployed a five-pronged argument for why consolidation is a recruiting boon for the No. 1 IBD.

The Advice & Wealth Management segment added 72 experienced advisors who affiliated in the second quarter.

While bond investor anxiety previously focused on how the funds respond to abrupt withdrawals, skeptics are now homing in on secondary trading.

The firm isn’t “the high bidder,” and that’s just fine, according to Paul Reilly.

Profitability is improving and all divisions, except the firm’s biggest — wealth management — surprised the market on the upside.

The declining headcount comes even as the firm pulls in several big hires.

Investors wary of an intensifying trade war have piled into the firm's bond products, boosting net flows to $151 billion, according to the company.

On the wealth management side, Morgan Stanley posted $4.41 billion of revenue, which was 2% higher than last year and blew away analysts’ estimates for a 9% decline.

While some firms have been successful at leveraging technology to scale sales and marketing processes, others have failed.

James Gorman dismissed any speculation after the unit posted record revenue and pretax profit in the second quarter.

A search for returns in less liquid assets may blur the transparency of real portfolio value.