Barclays Capital

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  JPMorgan, Ally Sued by HSH Nordbank

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 30, 2011

  German lender HSH Nordbank is suing JPMorgan Chase and Ally Financial, among other financial institutions, over losses it sustained in mortgage bonds that it said were misrepresented.

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  ECB Lends to Banks to Keep Credit Flowing

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 21, 2011

  The European Central Bank surprised analysts by offering a record amount of 489 billion euros in loans to stressed banks.

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  New Hire Roundup: Fidelity Names Presidents, SIFMA Gains President and Board Members

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 10, 2011

  This week in new hires, Fidelity Asset Management announced two new presidents in its fixed income division and SIFMA announced its new president and board members.

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  Greek Debt Writedown May Top 60%

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 11, 2011

  A debt crisis summit meeting of European leaders scheduled for October 18 was pushed back to October 23 amid a disagreement about the amount of Greek debt to be written down.

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  Greek Default Looms; Markets Hold Steady

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 23, 2011

  Markets around the world steadied on Friday in Europe, despite rumors of an imminent Greek default.

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  Gold Vaults Bursting at the Seams

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 22, 2011

  The dizzying rise of gold, punctuated though it might be with stomach-churning dips in price, has moved at such a pace during its 11-year rally that vaults that store the precious stuff are running out of room.

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  Barclays to Open Gold Vault in London

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 16, 2011

  Barclays Capital has heeded the siren call of gold—at least to its customers. It announced Friday that it was planning, together with The Brink’s Co., to build a new precious metals vault to hold the physical assets its customers have purchased in the quest for safe investment havens this year.

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  PIMCO's El-Erian Sees Higher Risk of Recession in U.S., Eurozone

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 2, 2011

  CEO of PIMCO sets odds of eurozone recession at 50%, U.S. between 33%–50% as ECB ponders interest rate cut to forestall double-dip.

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  Top Portfolio Products: Cantor Fitzgerald to Launch ETF Arbitrage, Van Eck Adds Mortgage REIT ETF

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 22, 2011

  This week in new portfolio products, Cantor Fitzgerald announced that it will launch an ETF arbitrage business under Dan Segal, and Van Eck introduced a mortgage REIT income ETF.

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  Debt Ceiling Deal Reached; Senate, House to Vote on Monday

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 1, 2011

  The proposed deal would raise the debt ceiling now and through 2012, cut domestic and military spending over next 10 years.