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Schwab, Blackstone Among Firms Fined By SEC Over Off-Channel Comms

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The controversial enforcement actions have been called a “cash cow” by Commissioner Hester Peirce.

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Banking

Goldman Realigns Banking and Markets Divisions to Form Mega-Deals Team

The Wall Street firm said parts of its investment banking and markets divisions will be combined to form a team focused on mega-deals.

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Banking

Winner of 2024: Investment Bankers

As the dealmaking environment improved in 2024 thanks to the bull market and interest-rate cuts, investment bankers reaped a windfall.

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Markets

BlackRock Strikes Deal With Banks to Provide Closely Held Bond Price Data

Real-time prices for corporate bonds are hard to come by. A handful of banks want to bring the closely guarded data into the 21st century.

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Markets

Trading Windfall Pushes Wall Street to Surprisingly Strong Quarter

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How’d the financial giants — namely, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Bank of America — make out this quarter? Surprisingly well, it turns out.

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Banking

Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street Face Probe Over Bank Stakes

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The FDIC is investigating Blackrock, Vanguard, and State Street over their large investment stakes in major US banks.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

Wall Street’s Top Banks Fined $53 Million in Regulatory Spanking

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Wall Street’s Top Banks Fined – CFTC ordered Goldman to pay $30 million, JP Morgan $15 million, and Bank of America $8 million.

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Banking

Lower Recession Fears are Reviving Risky Loans

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Economics

We Are in a Recession, If You Ask High-Earning Americans

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Technology

The State of the Billionaire Space Race

Blue Origin is going slower than SpaceX, but it also nailed a massive rocket launch on the first try. Jeff Bezos is back in the space race.

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Finance

Crypto-Friendly Neo-Broker eToro Files for IPO

The listing marks a potentially triumphant comeback story and an insult of sorts to the embattled London stock exchange.

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Energy

Oil Markets Show Signs of Resilience and Retreat as 2025 Gets Underway

With the way things are going today, it’s becoming increasingly hard to figure out what’s going on with the oil market.

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