The SEC is attempting to set precedent and bypass formal rule making with two cases involving best execution of stock trades.If the agency is successful in appealing two cases, one involving Merrill Lynch and the other Portfolio Management...
When Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover changed the name of its Lombard discount brokerage unit to Discover Brokerage Direct, it caused some Dean Witter reps to wonder about how the unit would compete in the future.The reason for the name change...
Occupying a unique niche in the commercial real estate world is not easy, but part of San Francisco-based TriNet Corporate Realty Trust Inc.'s success is due to the fact that it found that niche and ran with it...
In the early 1990s, in response to the collapse of the real estate capital markets, there was a tidal wave of synthetic lease capital flow from equipment financing to real estate. This flood of activity, which began with the Fortune 500, has also...