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The Motley Fool
August 12, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
How Brokerages Stack Up Several brokerages earned high marks. How did yours do? Ameritrade... BrownCo, a unit of JPMorgan Chase... HARRISdirect... Power E*TRADE... etc.   |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2004
Dayana Yochim |
The Fee Frenzy In order to turn a profit, lenders have gotten creative when it comes to concocting fees. With rock-bottom interest rates and a savvier customer base card-hopping to get the best deal, fees are what's keeping the lights on. |
| OCC Bulletin |
Regulatory Capital: Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Final Rule Date: August 11, 2004. The final rule amends the risk-based capital standards for the treatment of assets in asset-backed commercial paper programs consolidated under the Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2004
Bill Mann |
It's Not Fog That Needs Cutting A CEO of a financial company goes to jail for a financial crime. Last week he started a jail term, and his new company, Fog Cutter, punished him by paying his full salary, plus a bonus. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
David A. Gaffen |
The Cost of (Financial) Malpractice Insurance In this environment, the level of insurance, specifically called errors and omissions insurance, has become a more important factor in chosing a broker/dealer. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
Stan Luxenberg |
Chucked! If Charles Schwab cannot soon deliver on its goal of reaching all kinds of customers, then perhaps the board will insist on another change, this time moving the company back to its model of the 1990s, when Schwab was clearly a discount broker. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
John Churchill |
Prudential Deferred Comp Under Fire Again Prudential Securities might have more than the usual amount of trouble shaking former broker Yaakov Holansky's case involving Pru's deferred compensation plan, known as MasterShare. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
Will Leitch |
A Soft Idea A new study asked CIOs at 72 asset management firms what they thought about the desirability of continuing to pay soft dollars, and whether they thought it was "feasible" to eliminate the practice. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
Will Leitch |
No Soft Dollars? A Hard Pill To Swallow Attendees of the SIA Soft Dollars and Institutional Brokerage Conference seek to find if the soft-dollar payments practice in the brokerage industry can be saved. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
Will Leitch |
The Reformation When the scandal craze that has gripped the securities industry first began two years ago, few in the industry recognized how deep it might go. |
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