Financial institutions

Brokerages from Morgan Stanley to Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch poach salesmen from one another, offering bonuses based on how much revenue they produce. Now brokers receiving bonuses of at least $100,000 will be required to inform clients.

Exclusive: Widespread abuse of the term raises question of a disciplinary double-standard.

Gorman, who owns about $31 million of his firm’s stock, has a Morgan Stanley private wealth advisor and his personal investments include municipal bonds and a biotech fund, while he favors global equities for his children’s accounts.

The firm has expanded in Texas with the addition of a team of three former Merrill Lynch advisors.

Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit must face a lawsuit filed by two trusts that hold and administer mortgages on behalf of investors who own more than $1 billion worth of securities collateralized by the loans.

Umpqua Holdings' agreement to buy Sterling Financial is the latest in a series of deals this year to pair similarly sized banks, creating a new crop of midsize financial institutions.

For almost nine years, the firm has been lending to companies with ratings in the B to BB+ range, below the investment-grade threshold, the employee claims.

Morgan Stanley will get another $57 billion of deposits from Citigroup as part of its Smith Barney purchase and plans to increase securities lending, commercial real estate, corporate and warehouse lending.

The Index wanted a higher-priced stock to help give financials a greater weighting.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch will pay $2.8 million to settle claims that it took too long to compensate departing brokers.

Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman said there’s almost no chance of another financial crisis like the one that endangered his firm five years ago.

The bank’s new chief investment strategist is assessing the product platform and is looking to expand Webster’s investment offerings.

In a round of summer hiring, the firm brought in four advisors with a total of over $500 million in assets.

Bank of America is seeking approval of a $160 million settlement from a judge who thrice rejected requests by black financial advisers at its Merrill Lynch unit to sue as a group over alleged racial discrimination.

A 43% increase in assets under management helped the brokerage unit net a profit after spending 2012 in the red.

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As real estate recovers, non-listed REITs are soaring, but they haven’t been much of a hit with customers of Merrill Lynch.

Morgan Stanley has bolstered its New York office with a top billing advisor from J.P. Morgan Securities, the boutique brokerage branch of JPMorgan Chase.

UBS will pay $4.58 million to settle an investigation by regulators into whether its sales assistants were licensed in states where they did business.

A three hour pause in trading is “not going to be that big of a deal” for investors, Stifel’s chairman and CEO Ron Kruszewski says.