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Prime brokerage is the generic term for a bundled package of services offered by investment banks, wealth management firms, and securities dealers to hedge funds which need the ability to borrow securities and cash in order to be able to invest on a netted basis and achieve an absolute return.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is an American multinational financial services corporation specializing in retail brokerage. It is the wealth & asset management division of Morgan Stanley . On January 13, 2009, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup announced that Citigroup would sell 51% of Smith Barney to Morgan Stanley, creating Morgan Stanley Smith ...
TD Ameritrade was a stockbroker that offered an electronic trading platform for the trade of financial assets.The company was founded in 1975 as First Omaha Securities.In 2006, it acquired the United States operations of TD Waterhouse from Toronto-Dominion Bank and was renamed TD Ameritrade.
The firm engaged in prime brokerage and broker-dealer activities and was headquartered in New York City, occupying the entire 34 stories of 250 Vesey Street. The company agreed to be acquired by Bank of America on September 14, 2008, at the height of the Financial crisis of 2007–2008, the same weekend that Lehman Brothers was allowed to fail.
Citigroup is the third-largest banking institution in the United States by assets; alongside JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, it is one of the Big Four banking institutions of the United States. [4] It is considered a systemically important bank by the Financial Stability Board, and is commonly cited as being "too big to fail".
The U.S. prime rate is in principle the interest rate at which a supermajority (3/4ths) of American banking institutions grant loans to their most creditworthy corporate clients. [1] As such, it serves as the de facto floor for private-sector lending, and is the baseline from which common "consumer" interest rates are set (e.g. credit card rates).
Citibank, N.A. ("N. A." stands for "National Association"; stylized as citibank) is the primary U.S. banking subsidiary of Citigroup, a financial services multinational corporation. [2] Citibank was founded in 1812 as City Bank of New York , and later became First National City Bank of New York . [ 3 ]
Capital introduction is a term that describes the introductions that a prime brokerage firm makes on behalf of its money managers by introducing hedge fund clients to hedge fund investors. [1] Capital introduction works as a form of "quasi-marketing" whereby clients are introduced to investors without violating SEC rules regarding fund marketing.