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Former Goldman Sachs head John Whitehead wasn’t afraid to take on a bully.

Hot shot Jefferies & Co. investment banker Ben Lorello once said that what is most inspiring about working at the firm is its “culture to rise to every occasion.”

Morgan Stanley is denying that its brokerage chief Greg Fleming has been told that he is the firm’s de facto No. 2 and heir apparent to CEO James Gorman.

Wall Street’s top firms believe the initial public offering of First Data Corp., a little known payment processing company, could be among the most lucrative deals in the coming months, generating as much as $40 million in fees, the FOX Business Network has learned.

Hank Greenberg will be pressed by government attorneys this week during the AIG bailout trial to specifically outline what type of private market solutions he had at the ready as the insurance giant faced a massive liquidity crunch during the 2008 financial crisis, sources tell the FOX Business Network.

After Bill Gross' abrupt departure, Pimco's Total Return Fund has scaled back dramatically on its leverage, or "borrowing," to achieve financial results, FOX Business has learned.

FOX Business Network has learned that investment bank Jefferies and Co. is losing clients in the wake of ugly revelations tied to a messy divorce case involving one of the firm’s top bankers.

Executives of Bank of New York Mellon are bracing for a fresh attack from activist investor Nelson Peltz that may include demands to split up the bank, FBN has learned.

Insiders at JPMorgan say the bank is preparing for a spear phishing campaign in which bank customers are targeted by a phony but official-looking email or get a phone call from a fake JPMorgan account executive.

Catalyst for Change: When former JPMorgan banker Ilan Ganot’s son was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, this father didn’t miss a beat to dedicate his life to saving his son’s.

SeaWorld operates parks that are supposed to provide family fun, but the company has become embroiled in a high-stakes fight with the government.

Morgan Stanley’s wealth management division has been hit with a technology issue that has impaired the re-balancing of brokerage accounts.

A career in the military doesn’t always add up to a big slot at a giant bank. But for Deutsche Bank’s Michael Fleming it did.

Lots of CEOs and boards need a good shaking up, but not Apple’s. Why Icahn’s proposed $150 billion stock buyback is a spectacularly bad idea.  

Morgan Stanley has quietly surpassed its archrival Goldman Sachs in a key measurement of how the firms manage risk, FOX Business has learned.

JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, has launched a firm-wide effort to sell off assets as regulatory probes into its operations mount.

It may be unlikely that Gary Cohn will get the top job imminently, but people inside Goldman say Cohn has been bristling over a firm strategy to heighten Lloyd Blankfein’s profile.

Exclusive: A higher percentage of the incoming investment banking class at BofA this year failed the entry level exam than in previous years, sources said.

The Nasdaq 100 index changed the trading landscape when it launched in 1999. Here's the inside scoop on how it came to be, from its creator.

After being underwater on our mortgage for at least five years, we pulled the trigger and in 2014 we'll be out.