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☆ Strong spending is obscuring an economy that isn’t working for many Americans
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN —Even after years of inflation, geopolitical chaos and recession in Europe, the US economy remains robust and resilient. Unemployment rose to 3.9% last month, lower-income consumers are spending less and businesses are limiting employee hours and pay. A recent survey by Santander Bank of its customers found that while inflation fears have largely subsided, middle-income Americans are pessimistic about the economy. Those Americans could still be suffering, but their stories are obscured by data that paints a broad picture of a resilient economy. Piepszak, meanwhile, now leads the company’s newly combined commercial and investment bank with her co-CEO Troy Rohrbaugh.

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☆ Jamie Dimon could step down sooner than expected. Here’s who could run the country’s biggest bank
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has bumped up his retirement plans, the longtime head of America’s largest bank said Monday. Over the course of his tenure at JPMorgan Chase, he’s become somewhat synonymous with the largest US bank by assets. But Dimon can’t lead forever, and at 68 years old, the question of succession has grown more important. “Everyone knows they’re going to die, but at one point it’s right here and you realize it’s true and it’s true maybe sooner than you think,” Dimon said. “And so it’s nice to end every day by saying, ‘That was a good day.’ Every meeting, that was a good meeting.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, Dimon, he’s, —, ” Dimon, “, can’t, ”, “ Dimon, Marianne Lake, Jennifer Piepszak, Piepszak, Troy Rohrbaugh, Rohrbaugh, Mary Erdoes, Jeremy Barnum, Daniel Pinto, COOs Gordon Smith, Smith, what’s, hasn’t Organizations: New, New York CNN, JPMorgan, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, CNN, Bloomberg Locations: New York

☆ Meet the JPMorgan executive emerging as a dark horse to succeed Jamie Dimon
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Rebecca Ungarino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewA longtime JPMorgan executive who has kept a low public profile while cultivating a reputation as a successful trader with a talent for managing risk is emerging as a contender to succeed Jamie Dimon as chief executive. His new position through the internal shuffle has vaulted him more publicly and prominently into the most closely watched succession race on Wall Street. JPMorgan executive David Hudson told the publication that he returned to JPMorgan after working at Nomura in 2010 "to work for Troy." Rohrbaugh's other stops at JPMorgan have been head of global markets and head of macro markets. A senior JPMorgan executive who works with Rohrbaugh recalled that time during the pandemic.

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☆ Premarket stocks: The US is pulling ahead in the economic race with China
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It appears that a soft landing, where price rises are tamed and the economy manages to avoid recession, is possible. Before the Bell: Is it fair to say that the US is outpacing China in the race for economic supremacy? Just last year people might have said the opposite — that the US was heading towards recession and the Chinese economy was thriving. It is remarkable to see the US economy blazing ahead while the Chinese economy sputters and slips into deflation. What else should investors be aware of when they read about the Chinese economy?

Persons: Bell, Eswar Prasad, Jamie Dimon, he’s, Marianne Lake, Jennifer Piepszak, Piepszak, Troy Rohrbaugh, Rohrbaugh, Dimon, hasn’t, “, Brian Fung, Oregon Democratic Sen, Ron Wyden, Biden Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, Cornell University, International Monetary, JPMorgan, JPMorgan Chase, Bloomberg, NSA, National Security Agency, Oregon Democratic, Pentagon, CNN Locations: New York, China, Oregon

☆ JPMorgan just shuffled its management. Here's what the new line-up says about Jamie Dimon's succession plans.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Michelle Abrego | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Lake, who co-led the consumer and community bank with Piepszak since 2021, will now have sole oversight of that segment. Piepszak and Rohrbaugh will take on day-to-day control of the corporate and investment bank, which Daniel Pinto has led since 2014. Jennifer Piepszak, a JPMorgan lifer, will leave the consumer side of the organization for her new role atop the commercial and investment bank. BIIIn her new role, Piepszak will have a chance to gain more experience on the wholesale side of the business. She joined the bank following her college graduation and spent 17 years in various finance roles across the investment bank.

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[1/2] The branch of Credit Agricole bank is seen in Warsaw, Poland, July 3, 2018. Its net income jumped 33% to 1.75 billion euros ($1.87 billion), above the 1.37 billion expected by analysts in a company-compiled poll. Group revenue rose 19% to 6.34 billion euros, topping the 5.99 billion expected by analysts. It reported lower-than-expected provisions of 429 million euros, helping its bottom line. Credit Agricole controls Europe's largest fund manager Amundi (AMUN.PA) and recently announced plans to acquire Belgian wealth management firm Degroof Petercam.

Persons: Marcin Goclowski, Morgan, Amundi, Degroof, Mathieu Rosemain, Augustin Turpin, Silvia Aloisi, Jason Neely Organizations: Credit Agricole, REUTERS, Credit, Credit Agricole Group, Societe Generale, BNP, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Thomson Locations: Credit, Warsaw, Poland, PARIS, Italy, France

☆ HSBC to launch storage services for tokenized securities as more big banks warm to blockchain
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

HSBC on Wednesday announced it will offer custody services for tokenized securities, making the British bank the latest major institution to embrace digital assets. HSBC is using technology from Swiss crypto custody firm Metaco, which was recently acquired by blockchain startup Ripple, to store bonds and other securities. HSBC is the latest institution to embrace digital asset custody, after U.S. banking giant BNY Mellon announced a similar move in 2021. Tokenized securities are effectively regulated assets, like bonds and equities, in the form of tokens issued on a blockchain. It marks another step from HSBC toward embracing digital assets.

Persons: BNY Mellon, bitcoin, Banks, Zhu Kuang Lee, Adrien Treccani Organizations: HSBC, Wednesday, HSBC Orion, BNY, CNBC, Hong Locations: Europe, British, Swiss, Hong Kong

Citi's net income rose 2% to $3.5 billion from a year ago, while earnings per share remained stable at $1.63. Revenue at Citi's institutional clients group that houses its Wall Street operations rose 12% from a year ago, fueled by a 34% jump in investment banking fees. Citi's total provision for the credit portfolio rose to $17.6 billion from $16.3 billion a year ago. Fraser announced a sweeping reorganization last month that will disband ICG and give her more direct oversight over the company's businesses. Rivals Wells Fargo (WFC.N) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) also reported higher quarterly profit on Friday, boosted by a rise interest payments.

Persons: Nick Zieminski, Jane Fraser, Fraser, Rivals Wells, JPMorgan Chase, Manya Saini, Tatiana Bautzer, Lananh Nguyen, Arun Koyyur Organizations: Citibank, REUTERS, Federal, ICG, Citi, Rivals, JPMorgan, Thomson Locations: Jackson, Queens, New York City, U.S, Bengaluru, New York

The bank said its recently announced reorganization plan will result in a 15% reduction in functional roles and that the first phase of the plan eliminated 60 net committees. Revenue at Citi's institutional clients group that houses its Wall Street operations rose 12% from a year ago, fueled by a 34% jump in investment banking fees. The bank's trading unit also boosted revenue, while its division providing treasury and securities services to corporations brought in 12% more revenue. At Citi, the total provision for the credit portfolio rose to $17.6 billion from $16.3 billion a year ago. Fraser announced a sweeping reorganization last month that will disband ICG and give her more direct oversight over the company's businesses.

Persons: Nick Zieminski, Jane Fraser, Fraser, Rivals Wells, JPMorgan Chase, Manya Saini, Tatiana Bautzer, Lananh Nguyen, Arun Koyyur Organizations: Citibank, REUTERS, LSEG, Citi, Federal, ICG, Rivals, JPMorgan, Thomson Locations: Jackson, Queens, New York City, U.S, Bengaluru, New York

Deutsche Bank logo is seen in this illustration taken March 12, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank has partnered with Swiss crypto firm Taurus to provide custody services for institutional clients' cryptocurrencies and tokenised assets, Taurus said in a statement on Thursday. The partnership means Deutsche Bank will, for the first time, be able to hold a limited number of cryptocurrencies for its clients, as well as tokenised versions of traditional financial assets, a Deutsche Bank spokesperson said. Deutsche Bank said it aimed to offer crypto trading in a World Economic Forum paper back in 2020. Maley said Deutsche Bank is proceeding "cautiously and in line with the spirit and the letter of the regulations governing this asset class."

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Taurus, Crypto, Paul Maley, Maley, Elizabeth Howcroft, Christina Fincher Organizations: Deutsche Bank, REUTERS, Taurus, Standard Chartered, BNY Mellon, Societe Generale, Deutsche, Thomson Locations: Swiss, U.S

REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File photoNEW YORK, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Paco Ybarra, the CEO of Citigroup's (C.N) institutional clients group, will leave in the first half of next year, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. He helped to establish it as a "powerhouse in fixed income," CEO Jane Fraser wrote in a memo to staff. Ybarra joined Citi in Madrid in 1987 as a management associate and subsequently worked in Mexico, Singapore, London and New York. He led some of its most important businesses, including markets and securities services. "A picture of grace under fire, Paco helped Citi navigate some of our industry’s most challenging moments," Fraser wrote, including the Mexican peso crisis in 1994, the 2008 financial crisis and the pandemic.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Paco Ybarra, Jane Fraser, Ybarra, Paco, Fraser, Lananh Nguyen, Mark Porter, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Citibank, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Reuters, Citi, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, Madrid, Mexico, Singapore, London, New York

At JPMorgan, the nation's largest bank, average deposits fell 6% in the second quarter to $2.4 trillion from a year earlier. The central bank reported total bank deposits fell 1.2% to $17.26 trillion through the week ended June 28 versus $17.47 trillion at the end of March. For large banks, deposits fell 1.3% to $10.80 trillion from $10.95 trillion during same period, the Fed data showed. And for small banks, deposits fell 0.9% to $5.18 trillion from $5.23 trillion. The declines were notably smaller than the first-quarter drops of 2.4% for large banks and 3.3% for small banks.

Persons: Morgan Chase, Mike Segar, Wells, Mike Santomassimo, Jeremy Barnum, Jamie Dimon, Kenneth Leon, Saeed Azhar, Dan Burns, Nupur Anand, Tatiana Bautzer, Lananh Nguyen, Mark Potter Organizations: Co, New York City, REUTERS, JPMorgan, First Republic Bank, Federal Reserve, Thomson Locations: New York, Wells Fargo

☆ JPMorgan names new data chief, head of securities services
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Nupur Anand | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Tim Fitzgerald will succeed Heitsenrether as global head of securities services, according to another memo. Since Heitsenrether took over securities services in 2015, the division's revenue has risen by more than 22%, while assets under custody grew by almost $9 trillion, according to the memo announcing her new position. Fitzgerald, based in Dublin, was promoted in 2021 to global head of custody and fund services after joining the lender in 2016. He will report to Marc Badrichani and Troy Rohrbaugh under a newly merged division overseeing markets, sales, research and securities services. Badrichani runs global sales and research at the bank, while Rohrbaugh leads its trading arm.

Persons: Teresa Heitsenrether, Tim Fitzgerald, Heitsenrether, Fitzgerald, Marc Badrichani, Troy Rohrbaugh, Rohrbaugh, Nupur Anand, Lananh Nguyen, Mark Porter, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: YORK, JPMorgan Chase &, Reuters Wednesday, Bloomberg, Thomson Locations: U.S, Dublin

☆ Meet the 6 JPMorgan execs tapped to lead a new unit that will shape how the country's largest bank approaches AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The team, led by Teresa Heitsenrether, will be critical in the bank's AI strategy. The D&A organization pulls together AI leaders from across the bank, from research to data use. JPMorgan is unifying its AI braintrust in a newly created unit that will drive strategy, governance, and adoption of the tech at the country's largest bank. Heitsenrether will have some of the bank's highest tech leaders and their respective teams as her deputies, including the bank's head of AI research and head of AI and machine learning transformation and engagement. The D&A organization will be critical to JPMorgan's AI use and strategy, as AI models and tools are computer-intensive and require vast amounts of data.

Persons: Teresa Heitsenrether, Lori Beer, Jamie Dimon, Daniel Pinto, Goldman Sachs, Heitsenrether, Pinto Organizations: JPMorgan, Wednesday, ChatGPT, Securities Services Locations: Heitsenrether

☆ Two online trading apps yanked from stores on Chinese mainland as regulators bring pressure
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Michelle Caruso-Cabrera | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Shares of online brokerages Futu Holdings and Up Fintech Holding were sharply lower on the Nasdaq Tuesday after they said they'll remove their apps from online stores on the Chinese mainland in response to "rectification requirements" from the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission. Tencent -backed Futu will remove its Futubull app from app stores in China by May 19, and Up Fintech said it will remove its app, Tiger International, by May 18. Both companies said existing mainland Chinese customers will still be able to trade using the apps. Up Fintech said existing Chinese mainland clients will receive links for instructions on how to update and download the app going forward, while Futu gave a phone number for clients to call. The two Chinese firms stopped accepting mainland Chinese clients at the end of last year after the CSRC started inquiries regarding their cross-border operations, including providing cross-border securities services for domestic investors.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (LSEG.L) and UK trade officials visited several cities in China to promote UK capital markets recently. Wilson Xu, a banking veteran from CITIC Securities pioneering the Stock Connect programme, said liquidity will improve when there is a critical mass of Chinese listings. The Shanghai-London Stock Connect was launched in 2019 and the link was expanded last year to include Shenzhen and Switzerland. Even arrangements by SIX to allow roughly 2.5 hours of trading in a session for Chinese GDRs didn't help. Chinese companies, however, have been positive in public disclosures about their forays in Europe which have given them an alternative channel to raise funds and access foreign currency for their operations abroad.

Global markets revenue jumped by about 24% in October-December, the euro zone's biggest bank said on Tuesday, fuelled by a 45% leap in revenue from trading in commodity derivatives, rates, foreign exchange and emerging markets. BNP's 45% sales growth in FICC trading (fixed income, commodities, currencies) compared with 25% growth at peers, analysts at Barclays said. Shares in BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) were up as much as 4% by 1432 GMT on Tuesday, outperforming the euro zone bank index (.SX7E) and valuing the group at more than 78 billion euros ($83 billion). "These are upward revisions that are quite significant and not so frequent," Bonnafe told reporters in a call. BNP Paribas' net income fell by 6.7% to 2.15 billion euros.

☆ BNP investors deserve bigger slice of M&A windfall
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Liam Proud | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

He’ll give 4 billion euros to investors through share buybacks, which roughly cancels out the hit to BNP’s earnings per share from ditching the U.S. division. The other 7.6 billion euros, or two-thirds of the total haul, will pay for increased lending, investments in technology systems, and small acquisitions. Follow @liamwardproud on TwitterloadingCONTEXT NEWSBNP Paribas on Feb. 7 said it generated 50.4 billion euros of revenue in 2022, up 9% from the previous year. The French bank generated a 10.2% return on tangible equity in the year, slightly above the previous year’s 10%. BNP in 2021 agreed to sell BancWest to Canada’s BMO Financial for $16.3 billion in cash (15.2 billion euros).

Here are the fourth-quarter numbers versus what Wall Street expected:Net income: $2.5 billion versus $3.2 billion a year ago. Net Interest Income: $13.27 billion, above the 12.7 billion expected by analysts, according to StreetAccountTrading Revenue: Fixed Income $3.16 billion, above expectations. Revenues in services and markets divisions increased 32% and 18% respectively, driven by growth in interest income and in fixed income markets. The fixed income markets division saw revenues jump 31% to $3.2 billion, the highest fourth-quarter results ever, due to strength in rates and currencies. There was also strength in banking, with private bank revenues gaining 5% and U.S. personal bank revenues up 10%.

☆ China regulator asks Futu and UP Fintech to stop soliciting mainland clients
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Reuters reported earlier that Chinese officials were planning to ban online brokerages such as Futu Holdings Ltd and UP Fintech Holding Ltd from offering offshore trading services to mainland clients. The announcement also came a day after Futu, backed by Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings, delayed its listing plan in Hong Kong. The company said it was “clarifying certain matters concerning the Group with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange”, in a filing to the Hong Kong bourse on Thursday night. Futu and UP Fintech Hong Kong have conducted cross-border securities businesses involving domestic investors without regulatory consent, contravening Chinese laws, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said in a statement. The CSRC will ask the brokerages to take corrective measures, such as to stop soliciting new business from mainland investors, the watchdog said.

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