SPECIAL FEATURE

THE NEW WALL STREET
As Wall Street grapples with the impact of the credit crisis, financial services execs predict what is to come.

Will the Next Wall Street Be the Last?

The credit crisis is reshaping Wall Street as we know it. Will it rise to the challenge?, asks Rosenblatt Securities VP Justin Schack.

Wall Street IT Spending to Drop as Much as 15%

Just days after Lehman's bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch's acquisition, TowerGroup's Matt Bienfang had already estimated the impact to IT spending.

More Rationalization Ahead

BIDS CEO Timothy Mahoney sees a reduction in risk and certain business lines being rationalized.

Regulators Must End Systemic Crisis

Muriel Siebert says we are witnessing a sea change that if properly regulated could see restoration of confidence, and if ignored could turn into a historic financial disaster.

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

Kevin Chapman, managing director and head trader, Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management, looks at what the future will entail and how Nicholas-Applegate may change trading to adapt to the new environment.

STREET CRED

Developing a New Prime Brokerage Model

As hedge funds move away from prime brokers and toward using traditional custodians, the prime brokerage model is becoming endangered.

AT THE CLOSE

Despite Counterparty Risk, Buy Side May Stick With Bulge Bracket

Will the buy side abandon bulge-bracket firms — and their research — in favor of agency brokers to avoid counterparty risk?