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RSS stockbrokersDocument project pays dividends for stockbroker
Case Study The forms were returned to Xerox which scanned the returned forms and provided daily reports to keep stockbrokers up to date with which clients had returned the forms. The stockbrokers needed to know it... [12 Jul 2005]
UK firms ignoring money-laundering ID checks
News The BT study, carried out by Coleman Parkes Research, quizzed 150 CEOs from a sample of the UK stockbrokers, IFAs, property advisers, luxury-goods companies and car dealers. Two-thirds of UK businesses are flouting new... [02 Apr 2004]
'Boiler Room' scammers booted out of Cambodia
News The show, depicted "fly-by-night stockbrokers involved in shady dealings to rip off investors", the report said. Cambodian authorities have repatriated 20 foreigners arrested last week for their involvement in the... [22 Jul 2003]
WorldCom shares crash under Nasdaq delisting pressure
News Arnab Roychowdhury, equity analyst at Barclays Stockbrokers, said not all WorldCom's shares will be dumped today as it will continue to run as a business under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Shares in WorldCom slumped... [30 Jul 2002]
WorldCom fraud shock sends stock markets tumbling
News Arnab Roychowdhury, equity analyst at Barclays Stockbrokers, said: "Last night WorldCom admitted what appears to be dodgy accountancy, on top of the big cloud it already sits under. Stock markets across Europe plummeted... [26 Jun 2002]
BT Broadband not a threat to Freeserve
News Freeserve is not feeling threatened by BT Retail's 'no frills' broadband offering due out this autumn because the product is overpriced, according to JP Morgan stockbrokers. Annelie Powell, equity analyst at JP Morgan... [26 Apr 2002]
Does this IPO mark the end of the recession?
News Adrian Cannon, global software research analyst at Barclays Stockbrokers, said Detica's IPO is going to be the first of a steady stream of small company flotations. The flotation of UK CRM firm Detica could mark the... [09 Apr 2002]
Merrill Lynch trims online plans
News Online stockbrokers have been hit by falling appetites for retail share dealing, matched by falling stock markets. Merrill Lynch HSBC is cutting back international expansion of its online share-dealing service. [02 Nov 2001]
FTSE tech stocks to be ditched
News But Morton Herholdt, research analyst with Barclay Stockbrokers, remains a little more cautious. The FTSE index is aiming to bounce back from today's three-year low by ditching several household technology names on... [10 Sep 2001]
Wall Street goes Linux
News The NYSE's Artmail system, which reports transactions to stockbrokers and member companies, previously ran on 180 Sparc servers from Sun Microsystems. IBM has won the contract to transfer crucial parts of the New York... [29 Aug 2001]
Directors told to take security seriously
News One in ten British adults already buy services online from one of 60 banks and 35 stockbrokers regulated by the FSA. The Financial Services Authority has warned companies offering services online that they must take... [20 Jun 2001]
Director's dinner table banter leaves BT in the soup
News Today, BT was playing down Hampton's comments made at a dinner meeting at London stockbrokers Teather & Greenwood. However, on reading today's headlines he may wish he had been more economical with the truth as the... [30 Mar 2001]
Bye-bye, sell sell: The rise and fall of online share trading
Comment The last month has seen cutbacks and layoffs at online stockbrokers, with investors either holding tight - a problem for transaction-driven businesses - or even moving offline to shed their (mostly) devalued shares. [13 Feb 2001]
Orange flotation goes pear-shaped
News Alex Scott, investment analyst at Barclays Stockbrokers, said: "This was always going to be a large risk/reward scenario. The mobile sector is badly out of favour with the markets at present and the E10 (£6.40) price for... [13 Feb 2001]
Mum's the word: LSE breaks male bastion tradition with new CEO
News Other changes on the board at the LSE see the departures of Simon Robertson, MD of Goldman Sachs and Nigel Sherlock, a director at stockbrokers Wise Speke. The mother of three takes over the role from Gavin Casey, who... [24 Jan 2001]
