Gregory Crawford

Grew up in western Massachusetts, attended Drew University in Madison, N.J., where he caught the writing bug and realized that New York (just an hour away) was the place to be for publishing. First job in publishing, however, was telemarketing a computer equipment directory for Ziff-Davis. Eventually landed at Reuters, where he cut his teeth on the Wall Street desk. Spent 10 years there in New York, Hong Kong and Chicago. Joined Crain in 2003 as a reporter with Pensions & Investments, was involved with Financial Week for a couple years, went back to P&I, took a couple years ‘off’ from Crain to run a content-driven community website for the institutional capital markets industry and came back in 2010 to join InvestmentNews. Greg has a wife and two kids and his main hobby is cooking.

Gregory Crawford
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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 15, 2014
DeWaay settles with DOL; total tops $500M

Famed financial adviser Donald DeWaay Jr. has reached a settlement with the Labor Department over retirement plan recommendations. The total could top $500,000. Darla Mercado reports.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 15, 2014
Stocks have worst week since 2012 as investors fret over valuations

Major stock market indexes wrapped up their worst week since 2012 with more losses on Friday as investor concern over too-high stock prices sent them to the exits. With the S&P 500 erasing its gains for the year and earnings season just starting, is the long-awaited correction at hand?

INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 14, 2014
Finra examining trading in new Puerto Rico Bonds

Earlier this month, Puerto Rico sold $3.5 billion in bonds but since the sale, some of the bonds have changed hands at less than the minimum amount for some investors. Finra is taking a look.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 14, 2014
Puerto Rico cuts push OppenheimerFunds' junk holdings above limit

Fund company says while there's “room for improvement,” commonwealth "moving in the right direction."

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 11, 2014
Hot market for B-Ds

Broker-dealer mergers and acquisitions continue to sizzle as Sterne Agee Group agreed to acquire midsize independent broker-dealer WRP Investments.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 11, 2014
Staying on the sidelines of the tech sell-off

Tech stocks are off sharply but one technical strategist is advising clients not to buy the dip. Here's why.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 11, 2014
Fear of rising rates hits high dividend-paying stocks

Investors' fear of rising interest rates is driving down shares of companies like Lockheed Martin, which makes the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet, that pay high dividends. Some strategists suggest keeping at least a little exposure to these stocks as a bond substitute.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 10, 2014
10 biggest moves in 1Q

As much as $21.3B in client assets shifted in the first quarter. Check out the biggest adviser moves over the past three months. <i>(Don't miss what's happening beyond the headlines: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140410/FREE/140419989&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>Billion-dollar teams warm to indie market</a>)</i>

NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 10, 2014
Merrill aims for 30% profit margins, but at what cost?

Bank of America Merrill Lynch should be able to top 30% pretax profit margins as retirement demographics and other tail winds help boost the business. But how it will team its brokerage and banking operations is an open question.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 10, 2014
SAC fund manager Steinberg guilty in insider trading case

Verdict may increase pressure on colleague to cooperate in investigation of founder Steven A. Cohen.