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The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
More Proof That Wall Street Is Winning The financial reform bill that a congressional committee put the finishing touches on last week was proof enough that Wall Street, not Washington, has the upper hand in this postmeltdown world.  |
The Motley Fool August 6, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Wall Street Bonuses Are Back! Wall Street is back on a hiring and spending spree -- does it matter?  |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2009 Brian Orelli |
Pharma's Public Relations Bonus: Executive Pay Bonuses? We don't need no stinkin' bonuses.  |
The Motley Fool February 18, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Party's Over, Wall Street Nestled inside the $787 billion stimulus bill are a handful of provisions that ended the raucous payday party Wall Street's enjoyed for years. Read on for the most significant.  |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 Claire Stephanic |
How Much Should Wall Street CEOs Get Paid? Do Wall Street CEOs deserve compensation in the double-digit millions?  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2009 Morgan Housel |
There's No Recession for Goldman Sachs Record bonuses are in store for Goldman's employees. Is that a good thing?  |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2008 Morgan Housel |
The Axe Falls at Citigroup The megabank announced it would slash 53,000 jobs -- on top of October's announcement of 22,000 pink slips -- for a combined 20% reduction from its peak head count.  |
Finance & Development March 2010 |
Big Bad Bonuses? Pros and cons of bankers' bonuses: one defends bankers' bonuses; one says they are a symptom of a bigger problem -- reckless risk taking by big financial players.  |
Registered Rep. July 30, 2009 John Churchill |
Pressure to Reign In Executive Compensation Grows New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo released a report today on the compensation practices of the banking industry. Top on the list of concerns was the compensation structure at larger banks.  |
BusinessWeek July 1, 2010 Harper & Keoun |
The Financial Reform Law: A 'Fig Leaf' It won't prevent bad bets by banks, and hence won't prevent the next financial crisis, say the experts.  |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2008 Morgan Housel |
An Ingenious Way to Pay Bankers Credit Suisse Group has found an ingenious way to solve the problem of high-paid employees with no accountability for company performance: pay yearly bonuses to top bankers not with cash, but with the same leveraged loans and commercial mortgage-backed debt that have crushed the financial system.  |
The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Banker Pay Is a Huge Canard Banker pay has been a big focus lately, but it probably shouldn't be.  |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Bank Execs Forgo Bonuses, but Does It Matter? Goldman Sachs announces that seven of its top executives, including CEO Lloyd Blankfein, will forgo bonuses this year. Expect others to follow.  |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2010 Moscovitz & Koppenheffer |
Wall Street Reform: The Good, the Meh, and the Ugly A Foolish take on what's in the Senate bill.  |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 |
Wavering Optimism in a Post-Reform World Just when bankers began to think it was safe to come back in the water, midsummer economic indicators began to pull the tide back out again, as demonstrated in the most recent quarterly results from Grant Thornton's 17th Bank Executive Survey.  |
The Motley Fool November 8, 2011 John Grgurich |
1 Thing Investors Need to Know About Wall Street Pay Cuts The 2008 crisis is clearly still shaking itself out.  |
Registered Rep. November 8, 2006 Kevin Burke |
Fat Bonuses on Wall Street Don't Extend to FAs If you work on Wall Street, chances are you stand to make a killing in bonus pay this year -- unless, that is, you're a broker or a financial advisor.  |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2010 Morgan Housel |
What You Should Know About Banker Bonuses Bankers made big money. But did they earn it?  |
The Motley Fool March 5, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Was I Wrong About Investment Banking Bonuses? I've argued against government limitations on banking bonuses. Am I just crazy or what?  |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Wall Street's Unemployment Machine Wall Street gets a strong taste of what Main Street has been dealing with for years.  |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2011 Avishek Mishra |
Should Wall Street Bonuses Be Scrapped? Banks walk a tightrope as SEC proposes regulatory oversight over executive bonuses.  |
BusinessWeek December 16, 2009 Katz & Harper |
Bank Bonuses: The 'Fat Cats' Try to Look Slimmer The backlash over big bonuses has Goldman Sachs, for one, making changes. But they're mostly cosmetic  |
U.S. Banker February 2010 Steven Sloan |
Community Banks Sound Off on Pay Plan The Fed wants more control over executive pay, but many are arguing that smaller institutions should be exempt from the proposed rules.  |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Our Government Failed Us The final touches have been put on the financial reform bill and it's just as bad as ever.  |
The Motley Fool December 27, 2010 |
Goldman Sachs Plans Tighter Bonus Rules The plan applies to unspecified "key employees" starting this year. It gives Goldman the ability to take back bonuses from employees who violate company rules.  |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
The Bonus Story You Need to Read Global retailing powerhouse Wal-Mart announces around $2 billion worth of bonuses for its hourly workers.  |
Registered Rep. January 28, 2011 Susan Konig |
Morgan Stanley Defers Branch Manager Bonuses The announcement comes after Morgan Stanley reported 35 percent increase in fourth-quarter profits, despite a dip this fall in fixed income trading revenues.  |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2010 |
Wall Street Reform's Winners and Losers Financial reform expert Ilan Moscovitz talks about the effect of reform on banking.  |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2010 Mac Greer |
The End of Wall Street and the Big Question for Goldman On Thursday, Congress sent President Obama a financial reform bill aimed at preventing another financial crisis. So what does the bill mean for Wall Street? Roger Lowenstein, contributing writer for the New York Times, discusses this.  |
The Motley Fool February 6, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
I Was an Evil Investment Banker Wall Street bonuses have run afoul of the government. Should Uncle Sam step in and regulate?  |
The Motley Fool June 25, 2010 Andrew Bond |
Opinions Differ on the Financial Overhaul Was the financial regulation bill harsh enough?  |
U.S. Banker April 2009 Michael Sisk |
The Compensation Conundrum Healthy banks that agreed to take money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program are beginning to rue their decision.  |
BusinessWeek February 24, 2011 Moore & Harper |
Bank Pay Rules Won't Tame Wall Street Experts say proposed pay rules aren't likely to discourage recklessness on Wall Street because holding periods are too short.  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
Should the Government Stop Subsidizing Derivatives Trading? What do you think? A key part of the Senate financial reform bill known as section 716 would stop banks from using FDIC-insured deposits to run their swaps trading desks.  |
The Motley Fool June 18, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Financial Reform Is a Joke Congress has completely missed its opportunity to make the financial system safer.  |
U.S. Banker November 2002 Michael Sisk |
Compensation Consternation Boards could prove the wild card in setting bank executives' bonuses.  |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
Compensation's New Normal Welcome to the new world of compensation - a place where up is down, confusion reigns, and tensions are rising.  |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
Wall Street's Bonus Biz As investors anticipate fourth-quarter results, so do the men and women of Wall Street. Beginning in mid-December, 150,000 of these hard-working Wall Street laborers will learn the amount of their year-end bonus.  |
Registered Rep. August 2, 2010 Anthony Riotto |
Filling The Talent Gap With Private Bankers When the market picks up there will be a tremendous demand for client service talent with the sales and relationship management skills found with private banker, brokerage firms and RIAs.  |
The Motley Fool May 6, 2010 April Taylor |
Fraud Charges Aren't Goldman's Only Worry Will the company need another transformation?  |
U.S. Banker March 2010 Alan Kline |
Dysfunction in D.C. The sight of Democrats cheering and Republicans sitting on their hands when the president plugged financial reform was disheartening to anyone who believes the system needs fixing.  |
Bio-IT World August 13, 2002 Jack Dolmat-Connell |
Cracking the Compensation Code The media and institutional shareholders have been jumping on the excessive executive compensation and stock options usage bandwagon as of late. Is executive pay in the life sciences out of control or too high?  |
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Laura Cohn |
Investment Banks Are Hiring In Europe Europe's leading investment banks, flush with profits from niche businesses, are adding thousands of employees. And they're finding ways to make money despite scarce deals.  |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Let's All Sue Goldman Sachs! Say on pay at its finest. When the yield curve is in your favor, the amount of grey matter you need in your head to make huge sums of money is negligible.  |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
20 Billion Reasons Not to Invest on Wall Street Securities firms are not run for the benefit of outside shareholders; they are run for the benefit of "inside" shareholders (i.e., the employee-shareholders), who accrue a disproportionate amount of the wealth these firms create.  |
HBS Working Knowledge August 1, 2005 Jim Heskett |
Is There an "Efficient Market" in CEO Compensation? There is evidence of little or no relationship between the size of CEO compensation awards and corporate performance. Why?  |
U.S. Banker September 2005 |
Paying the Price for Overpaying Executives The flap over executive compensation.didn't start with Richard Grasso, Philip Purcell or Sandy Weill. But elements of all three men's cases have proved valuable in getting boards to consider whether executive pay is over the top.  |
CFO October 1, 2010 Scott Leibs |
Vault Lines CFOs want to alter their relationships with their banks -- and are willing to alter who their bankers are in order to make that happen.  |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen |
An Employer's Market It's a hirer's market out there, but brokerage firms have not stopped recruiting. In fact, although it is quieter than usual, many firms are still willing to pony up big bucks in hopes of attracting top-shelf talent.  |
BusinessWeek December 30, 2009 Vekshin & Kopecki |
Not So Radical Reform How New Democrats and Wall Street are watering down financial regulation in Congress.  |