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☆ Who's going to work on all these AI projects at the big banks?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Everyone seems to agree that artificial intelligence is going to upend Wall Street. Insider's Paige Hagy and Bianca Chan have a fascinating story on how AI talent doesn't seem to be sticking around at big banks. What's even more foreboding is that AI talent isn't leaving for other banks. But struggling to hold on to AI talent seems especially concerning when one considers what's at stake — like, uh, humanity — and the speed at which it'll happen. Here are the three reasons banks can't seem to hold on to AI talent.

☆ These financial stocks were most loved—and hated—by hedge funds during the banking crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The banking crisis wreaked havoc in the industry in recent months, and hedge funds have been picking winners and losers among financial stocks, according to Goldman Sachs. Goldman then identified financial and real estate stocks with the largest recent changes in ownership among hedge funds. As for financial and real estate stocks that hedge funds sold the most in the first quarter, Welltower topped the list with 26 funds dumping the name. A number of hedge funds also decreased their exposure to Visa and CME Group . East West Bancorp , Aon , First Interstate BancSystem and Discover Financial Services were other names that hedge funds hated last quarter amid the banking chaos.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Charles Schwab, Welltower, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Organizations: Focus Financial Partners, Investors, Valley Bank, First, Fidelity National, SLM Corp, Everest, Visa, CME Group, U.S . Bancorp, East West Bancorp, Aon, Discover Financial Services Locations: BlackRock, First Republic, U.S, Omaha

☆ Factbox: The JPMorgan executives who will update investors on First Republic, strategy
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Nupur Anand | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Marco... Read moreNEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) executives will update investors on its takeover of failed First Republic Bank, which has made the biggest U.S. bank even bigger. CEO Jamie Dimon and other top executives will present their strategies at an investor day at its headquarters in New York on Monday. Lake and Piepszak are among the executives in charge of integrating First Republic Bank after it was shuttered by authorities on May 1. JEREMY BARNUM, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERBarnum was promoted to CFO in 2021 after leading global research. The finance chief joined JPMorgan in 1994, serving in various roles including CFO and chief of staff for the investment bank.

NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) is beefing up its commercial banking business that caters to tech startups and other early-stage companies, the company said on Monday. The largest U.S. lender plans to add staff after it hired more than a hundred bankers this year to serve companies in the so-called innovation economy in sectors such as technology, e-commerce and life sciences. Two other regional lenders were subsequently seized by banking regulators, including First Republic Bank, which JPMorgan bought earlier this month. JPMorgan's broader commercial bank has more than 18,000 clients, including mid-sized businesses and corporations, government entities and non-profits and more than 33,000 real estate investors or owners. It also aims to expand overseas to serve early-stage companies in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.

☆ JPMorgan finds jewels in US banking ashes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters Breakingviews) - JPMorgan (JPM.N) boss Jamie Dimon didn’t buy First Republic Bank in a crisis-hewn weekend deal just for the fuzzy glow from helping to stabilize the U.S. banking system. The giant lender laid out some of the impact of acquiring First Republic out of receivership in its investor day on Monday. There’s the $3 billion of contribution to net interest income from the deal, boosting this year’s expected total to $84 billion. More enticing, perhaps, is the $200 billion in wealth-management money the bank has taken from its defunct rival, along with roughly 200 advisers. JPMorgan is so big, with nearly $4 trillion of assets, it’s hard to move the needle in regular banking.

☆ Hedge funds piled into these stocks in the first quarter
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Wall Street firm analyzed hundreds of 13F filings last week to find the most popular stocks hedge funds picked up over the volatile quarter. Hedge funds piled into Victoria's Secret in the first quarter, buying the dip in the lingerie retailer, which has seen its shares fall 29% this year. Hedge funds also increased their ownership in financial names Western Alliance and Western Union last quarter. To be sure, it's possible that some of the hedge funds were covering their short bets in this position. A number of biotech names were also high-conviction bets for hedge funds, including Syneos Health , Horizon Therapeutics and Ginkgo Bioworks.

☆ JPMorgan expects $3 bln income boost from First Republic deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's (JPM.N) net interest income would rise by $3 billion this year due to its purchase of failed First Republic Bank, according to a presentation published ahead of its investor day on Monday. The largest U.S. lender agreed to take into its books $173 billion of the failed bank's loans, $30 billion of securities and $92 billion of deposits after First Republic was shuttered by authorities earlier this month. The Wall Street giant is in the process of integrating First Republic, which will likely take about 12 months. First Republic was the third U.S. regional lender to fail since March in a sector-wide upheaval that roiled financial stocks, deepened worries of a crisis and heaped pressure on mid-sized banks. Reporting by Nupur Anand and Lananh Nguyen in New York and Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb ChakrabartyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ JPMorgan Chase raises key revenue target to $84 billion after First Republic takeover
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

JPMorgan Chase raised a key performance target on the heels of its government-brokered takeover of First Republic earlier this month. The bank will generate about $84 billion in net interest income this year, the New York-based bank said Monday in slides for an all-day investor presentation. At the time, JPMorgan raised its net interest income outlook by $7 billion, a move that spurred JPMorgan's biggest earnings-day stock bump in 20 years. Net interest income is the difference between what banks earn from loans and investments and what they pay to depositors. Longtime JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is expected to speak in a question-and-answer session at the investor day this afternoon.

☆ JPMorgan just unleashed hundreds of slides to investors. Here are 11 key graphs that lay out its strategy for managing rising costs, lower M&A, and its purchase of First Republic.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

One bright spot is First Republic Bank, which will boost net income interest by $3B this year. A tray of First Republic chocolate cookies served at JPMorgan's Investor Day Hayley CuccinelloOne bright spot was the bank's acquisition of First Republic Bank earlier this month. While the investment will increase the bank's costs by as much as $3.5 billion, the bank is already seeing the deal pay off. JPMorgan expects, for example, to generate $84 billion in net interest income this year, including $3 billion from the San Francisco bank. JPMorgan unleashed hundreds of slides on Monday to reassure investors that its growth and spending strategy is on the right track.

☆ A juicy lawsuit offers a window into a Wall Street hiring raid after HSBC took 40+ bankers from the remnants of SVB
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

HSBC hired more than 40 SVB bankers after the California bank was acquired out of receivership. First Citizens, which acquired SVB in the US, is now suing HSBC. The lawsuit offers a rare window into a Wall Street hiring raid. That's at the heart of a new lawsuit accusing HSBC of poaching more than 40 bankers from the failed California bank. Around March 21, per the lawsuit, Sabow met with several of the core leaders he had identified to discuss Project Colony.

Jamie Dimon in the spotlightJPMorgan Chase will hold its investor day on Monday after one of the busiest starts to a year that the bank has had in some time. But while Jamie Dimon, the bank’s C.E.O. JPMorgan is riding high, having recently agreed to buy First Republic, the latest of its deals to bail out a struggling lender. The bank most likely can’t buy any more lenders, amid anger in Washington over how it was allowed to purchase First Republic. Mr. Dimon and his team are expected to argue that there’s still plenty of room to grow, including by expanding its wealth-management business.

☆ Could the Fed raise rates again in June?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Traders saw a roughly 36% chance last Thursday that the Fed will raise rates by another quarter point in June, up from around 15.5% on May 12, according to the CME FedWatch Tool. Traders pared down their expectations to about a 18.6% chance that the central bank will raise rates next month, as of Friday evening. Experts seem to agree that the Fed is unlikely to raise rates again in June. Jim Baird, chief investment officer at Plante Moran Financial Advisors, also expects the Fed to hold rates steady in June. Dimon said in the same Bloomberg interview that he’d “love to get rid of the debt ceiling thing” altogether.

☆ JPMorgan may turn First Republic sites into 'special branches' for wealthy clients, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

JPMorgan Chase bought the San Francisco-based First Republic Bank on May 1 after it failed. The Wall Street Journal reported that it wants to retain a hands-on approach to wealth management. The First Republic deal reignited concerns about big banks becoming too powerful. JPMorgan Chase's takeover of the failed First Republic Bank could boost efforts to develop its wealth-management business, . "The failure of First Republic Bank shows how deregulation has made the too big to fail problem even worse," Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted the day the deal was announced.

☆ This investor holds $74 million in Tesla stock. Here's why he's bullish on the future of Elon Musk's EV company.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Phil Rosen here — today I'm excited to share my conversation with a high-profile Tesla shareholder who recently campaigned for a board seat at Elon Musk's company. Twitter CEO Elon Musk appearing at a 2022 Tesla event. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty ImagesRoss Gerber is the cofounder and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, and holds 420,000 shares of Tesla stock, or about $74 million based on Tesla's current stock price. RG: You gotta own Tesla in your portfolio with Elon re-focused on Tesla. The strength of the US consumer is at risk as 43 million borrowers are set to resume student loan payments.

☆ JPMorgan investors to scrutinize First Republic takeover
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Nupur Anand | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Analysts will seek more details about the deal and JPMorgan's plans to integrate First Republic's business into the largest U.S. bank. FIRST REPUBLICJPMorgan has agreed to undertake $173 billion of the failed bank's loans, $30 billion of securities and $92 billion of deposits after First Republic was shuttered down by authorities. Dimon had said that he expects blowback from the FRC deal earlier this month in an interview on Bloomberg TV. loadingAn acquisition of this scale will raise question on integration, execution risks, employee retention among others, analysts believe. JPMorgan has made 19 acquisitions since 2020 but the last major purchase of this scale by the lender was in 2008 of Bear Stearns.

☆ US regional bank stocks fall after Yellen says more bank mergers necessary
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. regional lenders fell on Friday after CNN reported that U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told bank chief executives that more mergers may be necessary following a series of bank failures. Yellen also reaffirmed the strength and soundness of the country's banking system at the meeting with bank CEOs on Thursday in the aftermath of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank. The KBW Regional Banking Index (.KRX) fell 3%, with shares of PacWest Bancorp (PACW.O) and Western Alliance (WAL.N) among the biggest losers as they shed 4% each. The regional bank crisis has been partly blamed by some on aggressive interest rates by the U.S. Federal Reserve, which forced some lenders to seek new capital to make up for a fall in the value of assets linked to interest rates. The debt ceiling dispute has weighed on market sentiment, including for regional bank stocks.

☆ These are the top 10 stocks held by 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Burry invested a lot of money into the stock market last quarter, according to 13F filings. The "Big Short" investor who has held a bearish tilt towards stocks initiated 17 new positions last quarter. These are the top 10 stocks held by Burry's Scion Asset Management as of March 31. Burry posted on Twitter on multiple occasions over the last few months that he had a bearish view on stocks. These are the top 10 stocks held by Burry's Scion Asset Management as of March 31.

☆ Markets next week may keep thinking about what could go right
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Scott Schnipper | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

At least that's the thinking of a small but growing chorus of voices on Wall Street who outline the case for further stock market gains after both the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite touched nine-month highs this past week. The VIX was trading around 16-17 late this week, signaling no great fear among professional traders. Walmart and other retailers this week highlighted consumers are spending less freely, but they're still spending , and that drives two thirds of the economy. Even Mark Haefele, chief investment officer at UBS Global Wealth Management, wrote late this week that he has to entertain what could go right in markets, despite the fact his own view is fundamentally bearish. If that "upside scenario" happens, UBS sees global stocks moving 13% higher by the end of December, and the S & P 500 surging another 6% — to north of 4,400.

☆ Flush With Campaign Cash, Tim Scott Is Set to Join ’24 Race
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Jonathan Swan | Maggie Haberman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After announcing his campaign in his hometown, North Charleston, Mr. Scott will head to Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two states of the Republican nominating contest. Mr. Scott’s campaign has reserved around $6 million in advertisements across television and radio in those states, according to an adviser with direct knowledge of Mr. Scott’s plans. Mr. Scott, the most influential elected Black conservative in America, has a compelling life story around which he is expected to build his campaign. Mr. Scott rarely criticizes Mr. Trump directly, but his message could not be more different from the former president’s. While Mr. Trump talks ominously of “retribution” — his promise to gut the civil service and law enforcement agencies that he pejoratively calls the “deep state” — Mr. Scott prefers the sunny language of Ronald Reagan.

☆ Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman plans to step down after years of making the bank the envy of Wall Street. Here's a look at his legacy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Rebecca Ungarino | Alex Morrell | Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said he will step down in the next 12 months. Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman was giddy. Seeking stabilityTo understand where Morgan Stanley is now, you need to return to the peak of the financial crisis. It didn't take long before Morgan Stanley began utilizing its new license to acquire clients' deposits, reducing its reliance on wholesale funding. Mack, who helped design the 1997 Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter merger, had been pushed out by Purcell in 2001.

☆ Janet Yellen told bank CEOs more mergers may be necessary, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —During Thursday’s meeting with the CEOs of large banks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told executives that more bank mergers may be necessary as the industry continues to navigate through a crisis, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. However, sources tell CNN that bank mergers were discussed during Yellen’s meeting with bank CEOs. Yellen echoed remarks from US regulators who have said there may be bank mergers in the current environment, one person familiar with the matter said. Yet earlier this month, regulators allowed JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, to buy most of First Republic, the second-largest bank to fail in US history. Michael Hsu, acting comptroller of the currency, told lawmakers earlier this week that his agency would be willing to quickly consider bank mergers.

☆ James Gorman, Morgan Stanley’s Long-Serving C.E.O., to Step Down Within a Year
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Rob Copeland | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Mr. Gorman took over the bank in 2010, after Morgan Stanley nearly crumbled during the preceding financial crisis. Morgan Stanley has since hired some of that fallen bank’s advisers, bolstering its already enviable wealth management business, previously called Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Mr. Gorman, 64, will likely depart at the same age as did his predecessor, John Mack, who left at 65. Neither Mr. Gorman nor Morgan Stanley gave an exact date for his departure from the chief executive role. The Morgan Stanley chief, referencing the drama around the show’s departed patriarch, said he had “no plans to go out like Logan Roy.”

☆ Federal Reserve officials are growing skeptical over suspending rate hikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Some officials are concerned inflation isn’t cooling fast enough, which could prompt an 11th consecutive rate hike when policymakers meet in June. Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell and former Federal Reserve Board Chair Ben Bernanke (R) participate in a discussion at the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington, DC, May 19, 2023. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesEarlier this month, Fed officials voted unanimously to raise the benchmark lending rate by a quarter point to a range of 5-5.25%, while signaling a possible pause ahead. Of course, Fed officials’ thinking on monetary policy could drastically change if the United States defaults on its debt, which could happen as soon as June 1. Fed officials always mention that their views on interest rates largely depend on what economic indicators show, resisting taking an absolute stance on how they will vote.

☆ US banks rethink social media as a threat, not a marketing tool
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Nupur Anand | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Greg Becker, the former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, blamed social media as an "unprecedented" factor in the lender's demise. The former CEO of First Republic Bank, Michael Roffler, also blamed social media for its collapse two months later. Bank executives and directors have ordered their companies to add social media into risk-management programs, according to regional bank executives who declined to be identified because the discussions are private. "NIP IT IN THE BUD"Banks are also contacting customers who complain on social media to address their issues quickly. The Financial Stability Board, an international body, is also investigating the role of social media in recent market turmoil, a source said.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is questioning federal bank regulators on their decision to sell First Republic Bank to the nation's largest bank, JP Morgan Chase. In a letter sent to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Wednesday, Warren said the deal was "deeply troubling," and sought details on how the agencies decided to arrange that particular sale, allowing JPM to grow even larger. This is a troubling outcome, leaving me with numerous questions," she wrote. The FDIC announced this month it had seized First Republic and sold it to JPM in a deal that it estimated would cost its deposit insurance fund $13 billion. Warren also pressed the matter with Michael Hsu, the acting Comptroller of the Currency, at a hearing Thursday.

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