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☆ US bank stocks rise as lenders sail through Fed's stress tests
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Manya Saini | Thomson Reuters | Manya Saini Reports On Prominent Publicly Listed U.S. Financial Firms Including Wall Street S Biggest Banks | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Of the six regional lenders that were part of the test, Bank of New York Mellon (BK.N) and US Bancorp (USB.N) added 1.5% and 0.8%, respectively. J.P. Morgan downgraded the bank to 'neutral' in anticipation of an increase in capital requirements hurting its profitability. Citigroup (C.N) rose marginally, but trailed its peers as analysts expect that an increase in its stress capital buffer would hamper its plans to improve profitability. "Citi will now have the highest CET1 requirement among our banks at 12.3%," J.P. Morgan analysts wrote in a client note. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 Banks Index (.SPXBK), tracking a basket of large-cap bank stocks, is up 0.9% quarter-to-date, but has fallen 12.2% so far this year.

Persons: Charles Schwab, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, J.P, Morgan, Raymond James, Manya Saini, Niket Nishant, Arun Koyyur Organizations: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, US Bancorp, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Wall Street, RBC Capital Markets, Citizens, Citigroup, Citi, Silicon Valley Bank, Banks, Thomson Locations: Wells Fargo, U.S, Silicon, Bengaluru

☆ Fidelity spot bitcoin ETF application refiled with U.S. SEC
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 29 (Reuters) - Asset manager Fidelity is once again seeking to list and trade shares of its Wise Origin Bitcoin Trust spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, according to a filing by listing exchange Cboe Global Markets (CBOE.Z) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Fidelity is one of several big asset managers that have applied to list bitcoin ETFs recent weeks. The SEC has rejected dozens of spot bitcoin ETF applications in the past few years, including one from Fidelity in January 2022. The first bitcoin futures ETF was approved in October 2021, helping send the volatile bitcoin to an all-time high of $69,000 in November 2021, and raising hopes that a spot bitcoin ETF would soon be approved. Spot ETFs directly track the price of the cryptocurrency, while futures-based ETFs follow the price of bitcoin futures contracts.

Persons: VanEck, Bitcoin, Niket, John McCrank, Shinjini Ganguli, Shweta Agarwal, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Fidelity, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, BlackRock, Nasdaq, NYSE Arca, Intercontinental Exchange Inc, Coinbase, SEC, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru, New York

[1/3] Mark Walsh, CEO of Savers Value Village, celebrates his company's IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 29, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidJune 29 (Reuters) - Thrift store operator Savers Value Village (SVV.N) fetched a market capitalization of nearly $4 billion in a strong debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, underscoring a resurgence in the IPO market as investors lap up new listings. Savers Value, owned by private equity firm Ares Management (ARES.N), joins a host of companies that have enjoyed a warm reception in recent months, reviving hopes the frosty IPO market has begun to thaw. So really this (an IPO) was the right smart option for us to move forward," said Savers Value CEO Mark Walsh. Savers Value and Ares raised over $401 million in the share sale on Wednesday.

Persons: Mark Walsh, Brendan McDermid, Avery Spear, Johnson, Ares, Niket Nishant, Sri Hari, Echo Wang, Krishna Chandra Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Ares Management, U.S, U.S . Federal, Renaissance, Rivian, Kodiak Gas Services, Fidelis Insurance Holdings, Canada's Healthcare, Ontario, Norway's Norges Bank Investment Management, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, U.S ., Sri, Bengaluru, Echo, New York

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoJune 29 (Reuters) - Inflection AI, a startup backed by several Silicon Valley heavyweights, said on Thursday it had raised $1.3 billion from investors including Microsoft and Nvidia, amid a boom in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Inflection released its chatbot Pi last month. Pi uses generative AI technology, similar to ChatGPT, to interact with users through dialogues, allowing people to ask questions and share feedback. Palo Alto, California-based Inflection AI has about 35 employees. Nvidia (NVDA.O), which has stepped up its AI investments recently, Hoffman, Bill Gates and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt also participated in the latest round, Inflection said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Google DeepMind, Mustafa Suleyman, Reid Hoffman, Pi, Suleyman, OpenAI, Hoffman, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, Niket, Krystal Hu, Vinay Dwivedi, Conor Humphries Organizations: REUTERS, Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, LinkedIn, Collision, Thomson Locations: Alto , California, Greylock, Bengaluru, Toronto

☆ Spruce Point no longer holding short position in Ryan Reynolds-backed Nuvei
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 28 (Reuters) - Spruce Point Capital Management is no longer holding a short position in Nuvei (NVEI.TO), the Canadian fintech firm backed by Ryan Reynolds, after the company's stock reached the short-seller's price target range. Spruce Point disclosed the decision in a tweet on Wednesday, sending U.S.-listed shares of Nuvei up nearly 1.4% at $28.75. In its short report in April, Spruce Point had alleged that Nuvei's $1.3 billion acquisition of Paya Holdings "appears troubled," as Paya was losing market share before the takeover. Both Toronto- and Nasdaq-listed shares of Nuvei have lost nearly a third of their value since Spruce Point disclosed its short position in April. Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju SamuelOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ryan Reynolds, Paya, Nuvei's, Niket, Maju Samuel Organizations: Capital Management, U.S, Paya Holdings, Toronto, Nasdaq, Nuvei, Thomson Locations: Nuvei, Montreal, Bengaluru

☆ Fidelity preparing to submit spot bitcoin ETF filing - The Block
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 27 (Reuters) - Asset management giant Fidelity is close to submitting its filing for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Block reported on Tuesday citing a source familiar with the matter. The filing, expected as soon as Tuesday according to the report, will make Fidelity the second major asset manager in recent days to submit an ETF application. A spot bitcoin ETF is a publicly-traded investment vehicle that tracks the price of bitcoin and offers investors exposure to the asset class. Fidelity had previously dipped its toes in the crypto ETF space. It applied for a spot bitcoin ETF in 2021, but its proposal was rejected by the SEC, which said it did not meet the standards to prevent fraudulent and manipulative practices.

Persons: Gary Gensler's, Niket, Krishna Chandra Organizations: Fidelity, BlackRock, Coinbase, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ PacWest sells $3.5 billion loan portfolio to asset manager Ares
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 26 (Reuters) - PacWest Bancorp (PACW.O) unveiled a deal on Monday to sell a $3.54 billion lender finance portfolio to asset manager Ares Management (ARES.N), its latest move to strengthen its balance sheet after it was rocked by the U.S. regional banking crisis. The deal, which helped drive up PacWest shares by more than 6%, came after it said in May it was evaluating asset sales. As a result, PacWest turned to asset sales. Reuters GraphicsPacWest said the lender finance portfolio consisted of high-quality, asset-backed loans from a variety of borrowers. PacWest said it fetched $2.01 billion from selling the first part of its lender finance portfolio, with further tranches to close later.

Persons: Ares Management, Paul Taylor, PacWest, Christopher McGratty, Reuters Graphics PacWest, Banks, Blackstone, Ares, Niket, David French, Shinjini Ganguli, Matthew Lewis Organizations: PacWest Bancorp, U.S, Federal, Reuters Graphics, Barclays, Thomson Locations: KBW, Bengaluru, New York

☆ PacWest sells $3.5 bln loan portfolio to asset management firm Ares
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 26 (Reuters) - PacWest Bancorp (PACW.O) said on Monday it was selling a $3.54 billion lender finance loan portfolio to Ares Management (ARES.N), in an attempt to boost liquidity at the U.S. regional lender, sending its shares up 7% in premarket trading. Since late May, Los Angeles-based PacWest has also sold its real estate lending unit and a huge chunk of its real estate loans. Through sale of such loans, some regional banks in the United States are trying to shore up capital and build investor confidence after a recent banking crisis. PacWest fetched $2.01 billion in proceeds from sale of the first part of its lender finance loan portfolio, it said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Its lender finance arm provided loans to small business lenders, commercial real estate lenders and consumer lenders.

Persons: PacWest, Paul Taylor, Blackstone, Ares, Niket, Shilpi Majumdar, Shinjini Organizations: PacWest Bancorp, Ares Management, U.S, Federal Reserve, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Barclays, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, United States, Bengaluru

☆ KPMG to cut 5% of US jobs in fresh round of layoffs
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The firm had over 39,000 employees in the U.S. at the end of its last fiscal year on Sept. 30. KPMG, which cut about 2% of its U.S. workforce in February as per a Financial Times report, was the first of the world's four biggest accountancy firms to slash jobs in the country. The latest round of job cuts would take place through the rest of its 2023 financial year, the firm said. KPMG's fresh round of layoffs were first reported by the Financial Times. Besides KPMG, EY, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) make up the Big Four of accounting firms.

Persons: Ernst, Niket, Shweta Agarwal Organizations: KPMG, Big, Times, Young's U.S, Deloitte, Financial, EY, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Locations: U.S, Bengaluru

☆ SpaceX tender offer values company at about $150 billion - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

June 23 (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s SpaceX is offering to sell insider shares at a price that would raise the company’s valuation to about $150 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. In January, the company was valued at $137 billion after raising $750 million in a funding round, according to a report from CNBC. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju SamuelOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Niket, Maju Samuel Organizations: Elon, SpaceX, Bloomberg, CNBC, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Surf Air Mobility expects NYSE debut on July 11
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 22 (Reuters) - Electric aviation and regional air travel company Surf Air Mobility said on Thursday it expects the company's shares to start trading on July 11, setting the stage for the first major direct listing in the United States in months. Surf Air's shares are expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "SRFM", it said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Contrary to an initial public offering, shares are not sold in advance in a direct listing. The stock price at debut is determined by orders coming into the stock exchange. Advocates of direct listing argue it is a better way to price new stock rather than an IPO.

Persons: Slack, Niket, Krishna Chandra Organizations: Electric, Surf Air Mobility, New York Stock Exchange, Securities and Exchange Commission, Slack Technologies, Salesforce, Air, Thomson Locations: United States, Bengaluru

☆ MOVEit hack claims Calpers and Genworth as millions more victims impacted
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

News reports said information from more than 700,000 Calpers members and retirees was taken. The MOVEit software is widely-used by organisations around the world to share sensitive data. Genworth Financial was harder hit, saying personal information of nearly 2.5 million to 2.7 million of its customers was breached. "The personal information of a significant number of insurance policyholders or other customers of its life insurance businesses was unlawfully accessed," Genworth said. The MOVEit hack has hit several state and federal agencies.

Persons: PBI, Calpers, Genworth, Niket, Chris Sanders, Maju Samuel, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Genworth, PBI Research Services, U.S . Department of Energy, Washington DC, Thomson Locations: Calpers, Burlington , Massachusetts, Russia, Bengaluru, Washington

Bank regulators led by the U.S. Federal Reserve are finalizing the proposal which would implement international capital standards agreed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in the aftermath of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. On Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell told Congress it was critical banks have strong capital, but regulators must be mindful of the tradeoffs. Republican officials at the agencies have flagged similar concerns, two people said, while Republican lawmakers on Wednesday also raised worries over capital rules with Powell. The Fed is drafting the Basel rules with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC). Speaking to reporters last week, acting Comptroller Michael Hsu said banks had "not been shy about sharing their concerns" which regulators were taking into account.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Andrew Kelly, Jerome Powell, Michael Barr, Isaac Boltansky, jitters, Powell, “, Kevin Fromer, It's, Michael Hsu, Pete Schroeder, Niket Nishant, Lananh Nguyen, Tatiana Bautzer, Michelle Price, David Gregorio Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, Bank, U.S . Federal, Banking, Bankers, Committee, American Express, U.S, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Washington, Bank Policy Institute, WALL, Fed, Industry, Republican, Financial Services, Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Regulators, FDIC, OCC, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, Basel, Silicon

☆ Bankrupt SVB Financial still exploring options for venture capital arm
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 21 (Reuters) - Bankrupt SVB Financial Group said on Wednesday it is continuing to evaluate strategic alternatives for SVB Capital, its venture capital and credit investment arm, as well as other assets and investments. The disclosure comes days after the company agreed to sell its investment banking division, SVB Securities, to a group led by the segment's chief executive officer. SVB Financial had collapsed into bankruptcy after former unit Silicon Valley Bank's failure in March triggered the worst U.S. banking crisis in 15 years. A hearing to approve the sale of SVB Securities is scheduled for June 29 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The deal will close shortly thereafter, SVB Financial said.

Persons: Niket, Devika Organizations: SVB Financial, SVB Capital, SVB Securities, SVB, Citizens, Bank, Jitters, KBW, United States, Southern, of, Thomson Locations: U.S, backstop, of New York, Bengaluru

☆ Twitter resumes paying Google Cloud - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

June 21 (Reuters) - Twitter has resumed paying Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud for its services, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday citing a person familiar with the matter. Linda Yaccarino, the social media network's new CEO, helped restore Twitter's relationship with Google which had become strained after Elon Musk's acquisition of the company, the report added. Twitter and Google did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. A report from Platformer earlier this month said Twitter had refused to pay its Google Cloud bills as its contract came up for renewal. Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Linda Yaccarino, Twitter, Niket, Krishna Chandra Organizations: Twitter, Google, Bloomberg, Elon, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Meta's social media apps back up after outage
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 16 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O) said on Friday services on its social media apps Facebook and Instagram were restored, more than two hours after an outage that affected thousands of users. At one point, nearly 20,000 users in total said they were having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram and Meta's messaging service WhatsApp, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. Outage reports had come down to less than 500 as of 6:30 p.m. Issues with Meta's Ads Manager, the advertising tool that lets brands buy and create Facebook ads, were also resolved, the company said. Reporting by Niket Nishant and Samrhitha Arunasalam in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju SamuelOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Niket Nishant, Maju Samuel Organizations: Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Wyre winding down as crypto winter bites
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

June 16 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency infrastructure provider Wyre is winding down, feeling the pinch of dwindling interest in a market that was once hailed as the next frontier of finance. The decision, announced in a tweet on Friday, comes months after online checkout company Bolt Financial scrapped its planned $1.5 billion purchase of Wyre. Since then, the digital asset market has seen a high-profile bankruptcy of crypto exchange FTX and lawsuits from the U.S. securities regulator against Binance and Coinbase Global (COIN.O). Wyre's decision was not because of any regulatory action and investors who have assets on the company's platform could withdraw them via its dashboard through July 14, it said. Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja DesaiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Niket, Pooja Desai Organizations: Financial, Binance, Coinbase, Thomson Locations: Wyre, Bengaluru

☆ Electric-truck maker Nikola to lay off 270 employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Companies Nikola Corp FollowJune 16 (Reuters) - Electric-truck maker Nikola (NKLA.O) said on Friday it would lay off 270 employees. Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra EluriOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Nikola, NKLA.O, Niket, Krishna Chandra Organizations: Nikola Corp, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Meta says aware of issues with advertising tool
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 16 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O) on Friday said it was aware of issues with its Ads Manager, its advertising tool that lets brands buy and create Facebook ads. "Our engineering teams are aware and are actively looking to resolve the issue as quickly as possible," Meta said on its status page. More than 15,000 users in total said they were having trouble accessing Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, according to Downdetector. "We're aware that some people are having trouble accessing our products. We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience," a Meta spokesperson said.

Persons: Meta, Downdetector.com, Niket Nishant, Maju Samuel Organizations: Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ BlackRock files for bitcoin ETF in push into crypto
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust will use Coinbase Custody as its custodian, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Last year, BlackRock launched a spot bitcoin private trust for institutional clients in the United States. A spot bitcoin ETF would track bitcoin's underlying market price. The SEC rejected Grayscale Investment LLC’s application last year to convert its flagship spot Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC.PK) into an ETF. The SEC has also rejected proposals for spot bitcoin ETFs from firms including Fidelity, Cboe Global Markets and NYDIG.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Joshua Chu, CoinDesk, Manya Saini, Niket, Ankur Banerjee, Rae Wee, Devika Syamnath, Pooja Desai Organizations: BlackRock, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Fidelity, Cboe, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, BlackRock, United States, Bengaluru, Singapore

☆ US banking regulator seeks bids for Silicon Valley Bank's German assets
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. banking regulator is seeking bids for the sale of collapsed Silicon Valley Bank's German assets, according to a Thursday notice posted on its website. The regulator said it will open the German branch's data room to eligible bidders on June 20, adding that participants must hold lending authorization in Germany. This comes in the wake of reports last week from local German media, which said that SVB's German branch was in search of a potential buyer. In March, Silicon Valley Bridge Bank was granted permission by German financial regulator BaFin to conduct its lending business through its SVB Germany branch. HSBC (HSBA.L), which acquired the UK arm of SVB, has been floated as a potential buyer, according to media reports.

Persons: BaFin, Niket Nishant, Akriti Sharma, Krishna Chandra Eluri Organizations: U.S, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Bank, HSBC, Financial, Thomson Locations: U.S, Frankfurt, Berlin, Germany, Silicon, Bengaluru

☆ Electric-truck maker Nikola laying off 270 employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Companies Nikola Corp FollowJune 16 (Reuters) - Nikola (NKLA.O) said on Friday it would lay off a total of 270 employees, as the electric-truck maker looks to cut costs and sharpen its focus on the North American marketplace. Of the 270 employees impacted, 150 were supporting Nikola's European operations and 120 were based at its sites in Phoenix and Coolidge. The decision would help Nikola reduce personnel-related cash spend by $50 million annually, the company said. Annual cash usage for the company was expected to decrease to under $400 million by 2024, Nikola added. Investors have been closely scrutinizing cash reserves at Nikola and other electric-vehicle makers amid fears slowing sales could push the companies to pursue more share disposals to raise funds.

Persons: Nikola, NKLA.O, Trevor Milton, Niket, Krishna Chandra Organizations: Nikola Corp, U.S, U.S . Federal, Thomson Locations: American, U.S ., Phoenix, Coolidge, Bengaluru

☆ Fed, SEC probing Goldman Sachs' role in Silicon Valley Bank's final days - WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Silicon Valley Bank had booked a $1.8 billion loss on the sale of a bond portfolio to Goldman. "SVB engaged Goldman Sachs to assist with a proposed capital raise and sold the firm a portfolio of securities. Goldman had disclosed last month it was cooperating with government probes into its dealings with Silicon Valley Bank. In March, Reuters reported U.S. prosecutors were investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Silicon Valley Bank's demise sent shockwaves through the industry and brought on the worst crisis for the sector in 15 years.

Persons: Goldman Sachs Group's, SVB, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, shockwaves, Niket, Saeed Azhar, Chris Prentice, Krishna Chandra Eluri, Maju Samuel Organizations: U.S . Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission, Silicon Valley Bank, Wall Street, Bank, Goldman, Reuters, Fed, SEC, Thomson Locations: Silicon, Bengaluru, New York

[1/2] A view of the Goldman Sachs global headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021. The latest round of penny-pinching comes as Goldman Sachs management grew more pessimistic about an economic recovery and dealmaking this year. Goldman Sachs investment banking revenue is down 52% in that same period, the Dealogic data showed. Goldman Sachs trades at 0.97 times its book value, lagging rivals Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) which trade at 1.45 times and 1.33 times, respectively, according to Refintiv data. Reuters GraphicsThe headcount reductions and cost cutting do not solve Goldman's fundamental challenges: its reliance on investment banking and trading.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Andrew Kelly NEW, Goldman, David Solomon, John Waldron, Morgan Stanley, pare, Brennan Hawken, Waldron, Saeed Azhar, Lananh Nguyen, Tatiana Bautzer, Andrea Januta, Anna Driver Organizations: REUTERS, Andrew Kelly NEW YORK, Goldman Sachs, Investment, Lazard Ltd, Citigroup Inc, JPMorgan Chase &, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York, U.S, New York, Bengaluru

☆ Charles Schwab forecasts up to 11% drop in second-quarter revenue
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Sri Hari N S | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 14 (Reuters) - Charles Schwab (SCHW.N) expects its second-quarter revenue to drop by 10% to 11% due to a contraction in its net interest margin and softer trading activity, the brokerage firm said on Wednesday. The majority of these borrowings could be repaid before the end of 2024, Schwab said. Analysts have warned of a compression in net interest margins for financial firms, as the Fed's rate hikes drain excessive liquidity. Further increases in interest rates could add to pressure on Schwab's earnings, William Blair analysts Jeff Schmitt and Tyler Mulier wrote in a note. Fed policymakers on Wednesday left interest rates steady but signaled they would rise by half a percentage point by the end of the year.

Persons: Charles Schwab, Schwab, William Blair, Jeff Schmitt, Tyler Mulier, Blair, Niket Nishant, Sri Hari, Vinay Dwivedi, Maju Samuel Organizations: Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal, Thomson Locations: The Texas, Sri, Bengaluru

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