Over the past four years he has used E-Trade's once-roaring stock to acquire ever more services, offering the nation's top-yielding certificates of deposit, an asset management arm and a cut-rate version of the "wrap" accounts invented by old-line brokers.

FORBES: After the Bubble

In part that is because banks are keen to shed their fund-management arms, either because they need to raise capital or because they no longer see a business case for combining deposit-taking with portfolio management.

ECONOMIST: Fund management

Over the past four years he has used E-Trade's once-roaring stock to acquire ever more services, offering the nation's top-yielding certificates of deposit, an asset-management arm and a cut-rate version of the "wrap" accounts invented by old-line brokers.

FORBES: After the bubble

The Retail Banking segment provides deposit, lending, brokerage, trust, investment management, and cash management services to consumer and small business customers within its primary geographic markets.

FORBES: #169 PNC Financial Services

The Company's products and services include residential lending, commercial real estate lending, personal lending, private business banking, deposit services, trust services, brokerage services and investment management services.

FORBES: First Republic Bank

The increase in margins is supported by increase in premiums due to the implementation of the new variable annuity products and increase in fee income due to increases in average assets under management resulting from improvements in equity markets and increased deposit activity as equity market improvements created an environment where investors were willing to re-enter the capital markets.

FORBES: Big Gains For Hartford Are Behind It