A sudden and dramatic pullback in lending by banks in developed countries threatens to stall the global economic recovery, according to a report out today by Hennessee Group LLC in New York.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., one of the banking industry's top performers, said today that government agencies have asked about its compensation practices and use of credit derivatives.
AIG Investments, the asset management arm of American International Group Inc., is close to being sold to a group that includes private equity firm Crestview Partners for $300 million to $400 million, Reuters reported today, citing a source.
Pending U.S. home sales rose in June for the fifth straight month, another encouraging sign of life for the embattled U.S. housing market, the National Association of Realtors reported today.
Even as Americans suffer rising unemployment, foreclosure rates in three states hit hardest by the housing bust — California, Arizona and Florida — stabilized in June, offering hope that the worst of the real estate crisis is over, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of economic stress in more than 3,100 U.S. counties.
Two private-equity firms with strong ties to retail broker-dealers are the final bidders for the AIG Advisor Group — the network of broker-dealers that houses about 6,000 independent registered reps and investment advisers — and a winner could be determined in the next several days, according to sources.
Hedge funds' recent poor performance, along with a sluggish economy, has finally given investors the upper hand in negotiating fees on these historically high-priced alternative investments.
Jitters about the U.S. economy are putting the stock market rally on hold again.
New U.S. home sales rose by the largest amount in more than eight years last month, in another sign the housing market is finally bouncing back from the worst downturn in decades.
Slumping home prices and financial incentives may make homeownership all the more tantalizing for young newlyweds, but advisers warn that renting may be the smarter choice.
Hedge funds came back with a vengeance during the three-month period ending June 30, posting the industry's best performance since the fourth quarter of 1999, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc. in Chicago.
FundQuest Inc. of Boston has expanded the offerings on its managed-accounts platform to include select alternative strategies.
Hedge fund managers and corporate boards received low marks with regard to ethical behavior in a recent survey of financial-industry professionals.
Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has agreed to pay $17.3 million to settle charges that it received nearly $31 million in undisclosed compensation for selling its brokerage customers real estate investment trusts between 2000 and 2004, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Construction of new U.S. homes rose in June to the highest level in seven months, a sign builders are starting to regain confidence as they emerge from the housing bust.
The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes soared by nearly 15 percent in the first half of the year as more people lost their jobs and were unable to pay their monthly mortgage bills.
Residential real estate prices gained 1.6% in May, representing the largest one-month increase since July 2005, according to an analysis by Integrated Asset Services in Denver.
Global hedge fund assets will return to their 2007 peak level of $2.9 trillion by 2013, according to the latest research from Cerulli Associates Inc. in Boston.
The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee says that Congress will substantially increase the power of government regulators to monitor derivatives, a type of financial instrument that contributed to the U.S. economic turmoil.
Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $17.3 million to settle charges that it received nearly $31 million in undisclosed compensation for selling its brokerage customers real estate investment trusts between 2000 and 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced today.
