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Friday, 21 February, 2020

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Friday, 21 February, 2020

Investment Banking

Investment banking revenues fall to lowest since 2008

Industry data also show increasing job cuts as lenders bulk up in other areas instead

Friday, 21 February, 2020

AnalysisMorgan Stanley

Will Morgan Stanley’s ETrade deal herald more takeovers?

The fight for middle America’s wallets is fuelling talk of further consolidation

Thursday, 20 February, 2020

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley agrees $13bn deal to buy ETrade

Online trading platform purchase intensifies battle over US wealth management market

Wednesday, 19 February, 2020

Jonathan Guthrie

The humbling of Goldman Sachs

Fears that nothing would change after the financial crisis turned out to be unfounded

Thursday, 13 February, 2020

Gillian Tett

Wall Street is trying to catch up on climate change

Banks are feeling pressure on the issue from investors and their own employees

Wednesday, 12 February, 2020

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo’s chief lures another JPMorgan executive

New boss Charlie Scharf hires Mike Weinbach to run consumer lending businesses

Tuesday, 11 February, 2020

AnalysisFT Alphaville

More ‘money’ Treasuries would calm repo markets

If Treasuries were more like cash, we wouldn’t have seen the mid-September spike – or the massive Fed balance sheet expansion that’s followed.

Monday, 10 February, 2020

Inside BusinessRobin Wigglesworth

US must dial down the fizz in the opaque world of private capital

Regulators have a chance to show they have not been defanged

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Friday, 7 February, 2020

Executive Pay

BofA chief Brian Moynihan receives $26.5m in annual pay

Executive’s pay flat from previous year in line with other top bankers

Thursday, 6 February, 2020

Markets InsightUS quantitative easing

The Fed is not doing QE. Here’s why that matters

Attributing rally to the US central bank could wrongfoot investors later this year

Monday, 3 February, 2020

Goldman Sachs Group

Goldman/Amazon: credit buddies Premium

Initiative will do little to help David Solomon hit ambitious financial targets

Monday, 3 February, 2020

Goldman Sachs Group

Goldman Sachs in Amazon talks over small business loans

Wall St bank taps Big Tech as it pushes into consumer financial services

Thursday, 30 January, 2020

Volcker Rule

US banks cleared to invest in VC and loan funds

Regulators strip out more provisions from post-crisis Volcker rule

Thursday, 30 January, 2020

Goldman Sachs Group

Goldman’s missing Y axis

Another week, another IB investor deck that doesn’t add up.

Thursday, 30 January, 2020

AnalysisGoldman Sachs Group

Goldman Sachs investors ask: where was the wow factor?

Long-awaited strategy day had a lot of PowerPoint slides but little to thrill shareholders

Thursday, 30 January, 2020

Due Diligence

Goldman’s path to becoming more like JPMorgan Premium

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Thursday, 30 January, 2020

Markets InsightCentral banks

Investors should get set for tougher macro tools

Central banks are trying to make the financial system as boom-bust resistant as possible

Wednesday, 29 January, 2020

Goldman Sachs Group

Goldman vows to lift returns to catch up with Wall Street rivals

US bank unveils medium-term plans at its first investor day

Monday, 27 January, 2020

Inside BusinessRobert Armstrong

Debate on ‘too big to fail’ needs reframing

Deposits at largest US banks keep growing organically even with controls on expanding by acquisition

Monday, 27 January, 2020

AnalysisThe Big Read

Goldman Sachs: will Solomon’s consumer gamble pay off?

Once seen as Wall Street’s most prestigious operation, the bank is betting a shift in focus will pay off in the long run

Friday, 24 January, 2020

LexWells Fargo

Wells Fargo: Stumpf thumped Premium

Few executives from big Wall Street investment banks received commensurate punishment for the home mortgage meltdown

Thursday, 23 January, 2020

Wells Fargo

Stumpf to pay $17.5m over Wells Fargo fake accounts

Banking regulator announces enforcement actions against eight former executives

Thursday, 23 January, 2020

Jamie Dimon

Dimon’s pay rose to $31.5m in 2019

JPMorgan chief set to be Wall Street’s best paid bank boss for fifth straight year

Wednesday, 22 January, 2020

Special ReportThe World 2020

Banks labour under negative rates and ‘zombie’ loan pressure

WEF assesses risk of corporate debt shock as fragile companies kept on life support

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