Moelis & Co. added to its new Australian office by hiring two managing directors. The firm's team down under originally consisted of only corporate finance professionals, but the two appointments bring expertise in equity capital markets and equities research, sales and trading.
Jefferies & Co. appointed Mark Green as a managing director and head of commercial mortgage-backed securities capital markets.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd on Monday released a broad outline of his regulatory reform bill, which heavily reflects input from Republicans who still say they oppose the bill.
British clothing company Phillips-Van Heusen will acquire Tommy Hilfiger Corp. for about $3 billion.
Anthracite Capital, a publicly held real estate investment trust managed by BlackRock Financial Management, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation on Monday.
New broker-dealer Pierpont brings together a trio that has worked on and off together for the better part of three decades.
Simon Property's unsolicited offer could boost demand for bankrupt mall REIT's equity sale.
Winners within banking world may be decided by who has less exposure to commercial real estate debt battered by the recession.
The Japanese firm, which has stumbled before in the U.S., says this may be the ideal time to try again.
Market observers say they expect junk debt spreads to narrow further, but that tightening likely will be punctuated by pauses when spreads could widen slightly.