Michael Hasenstab is senior vice president, portfolio manager and co-director of global fixed income at the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group.
First Republic Bank, the San Francisco lender purchased by private-equity firms from Bank of America Corp. at midyear, is planning an initial public offering.
The call for the week: I continue to attempt to “keep” the profits accrued since the March 2009 bottom.
Watches, chocolate, cheese. Switzerland is famous for quality on all three, but perhaps more attention should also be paid to the many high-quality, blue-chip, large-cap companies which are based there, such as Novartis, Roche, and Nestle.
The financial reform bill, which now looks likely to pass the Senate, directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a long list of detailed studies.
Joseph Fortuna, Timothy Prete and Salvatore Tartaglione have left UBS for MSSB in Hartford, Conn.
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BP shares sunk Thursday in London as U.S. politicians pressed the British oil company to halt its dividend payments and fork out greater compensation for American workers and companies devastated by the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Listed as a "monument to unparalleled success," the largest home for sale in the United States comes with plenty of space but no carpet, tiles or interior walls. It's up to the future buyer to finish it.
