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The article focuses on the internal rift ongoing in American financial services corporation Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as of 2011. Topics discussed include conflict between two major personalities including Colm Kelleher and Paul Taubman, both serving as the president of President of Institutional Securities Division at Morgan Stanley, and the role of Morgan's chief executive officer James Gorman in the conflict.

The article discusses arrest of three insider traders due to improper trading in several stocks which resulted in profits of more than 50 million U.S. dollars as of December 2011. It mentions two hedge funds Diamondback Capital and Level Global in which traders were involved for improper trading. It mentions that both hedge funds were formed by former employees of SAS Capital, run by the hedge fund manager Steven Cohen.

The article focuses on the powerful job performance of American financial executive Jon Cozine during his tenures at hedge solution provider MF Global Holdings Ltd. in 2011. Topics discussed include opposition of directors and senior traders to the accumulation of bonds, facts related to net profits concealed by Cozine from investors and setting limits on the amount of sovereign debt by board members.

The article reports that former principal traders of investment banking firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who started their own hedge funds are not performing well. It states that the fund Azentus of Morgan Sze lost around 4.8 percent and Edoma of Henri Flamand lost about 2.4 percent in 2011. The Benros Event Driven & Opportunistic Fund Ariel Roskis and Daniele Benatoff also experienced loss.

The article focuses on the earnings of financial services firm J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. for April-June 2014. Topics include a decision of Matt O'Connor of Deutsche Bank AG regarding the purchase of the shares of J.P. Morgan, the impact of market share gains for J.P. Morgan on the loss of its shares in trading and the views of analysts of "Deal Journal" on the strong earning powers of J.P Morgan.

The article focuses on a report issued by compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates Inc. which predicted 30 percent decline in bonus of financial traders. It mentions about investment banking firm Goldman Sachs & Co. which saw a decline in traders' pay in second quarter of 2014, impact of growing mergers transactions on investment bankers, and the situation may pause initial public offerings (IPOs).

An obituary for Karen Strauss Cook, equity trader at the bank Goldman Sachs, is presented.