Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is forging on with its IPO despite treacherous conditions in the credit markets.
Goldman Sachs’s Global Equity Opportunities fund lost $1 billion last week, prompting a $3 billion injection.
Some ETF providers are asking the SEC for exemption from a part of Regulation NMS, CCH Wall Street reported.
Client portfolios may be affected by the fallout from turmoil in the subprime mortgage market — but advisers aren’t exactly sure where the problems may lie and don’t believe their software tools can give them timely answers.
PHILADELPHIA — Morgan Stanley’s plans to take its MSCI Inc. index unit public is raising concerns about conflicts of interest that may arise when an index company must answer to shareholders.
WASHINGTON — Estate planning lawyers are increasingly worried that Congress may not act on estate tax reform before the estate tax repeal expires at the end of 2010.
SAN FRANCISCO — With early-stage investments showing new strength during the second quarter, venture capitalists reported the largest number of deals since 2001.
OTTAWA — Embarrassment? Tragedy? Take your pick. Those were among the mostly furious reactions to the decision by Ontario Superior Court that cleared a former vice chairman of Bre-X Minerals Ltd. on all charges leveled at him by the Ontario Securities Commission.
As the Financial Industry Regulatory Association’s arbitration system faces mounting criticism for being too costly for investors, some industry observers are countering with a little-discussed fact: Investors routinely fail to pay a large portion of their securities arbitration bills.
Coby Brooks, the son of the late founder and owner of the Hooters restaurant chain, is in an estate battle with his father's widow, arguing that a commonly used estate law is unconstitutional.
