The London-based bank is expanding in the U.S., targeting neighborhoods with residents who already have strong connections to its brand. Job candidates who speak Spanish, Hindi and Tagalog may have an edge.
The white-shoe bank used the same kind of accounting maneuvers that Lehman used to dress up its balance-sheet. But it was years ago and for different reasons -- and it wasn't kept hidden from investors at the time.
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The online brokerage's chief executive comes fresh from a job where he was in charge of selling off Citigroup assets. Will he be looking to do the same in his new position?
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The securities-industry regulator could use some glamming up. One suggestion calls for restyling the agency in the mode of the U.S. Foreign Service. And maybe ban all those polyester suits.
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New York-based AXA Financial Inc. is parent to insurer AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. and investment manager AllianceBernstein Holding LP. It's a subsidiary of the Paris-based insurance giant AXA SA.