Friday, July 25, 2014

Fidelity Gives Credit Suisse Piece of the IPO Action

Related: Beginning With a Bang

"Fidelity to team with Credit Suisse on IPOs; Brokerage unit to expand access for its customers" Globe staff and wires   July 22, 2014

NEW YORK — With initial public offerings continuing to stream out of Wall Street’s pipeline this year, Fidelity Investments is moving to ensure its retail customers can get a piece of the action.

On Monday, the Boston company said it was teaming with Credit Suisse to give its retail brokerage clients access to IPOs and follow-on stock sales underwritten by the investment bank. It is the latest partnership Fidelity has struck to increase direct access for retail customers to some of the most popular stock offerings....

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