Barclays shares: Optimists see an opportunity April 29, 2019 | City Talk By Graeme Evans from interactive investor. These results do not impress, but there’s lots going on at Barclays and plenty to interest investors. Without the attention generated by activist investor Edward Bramson, it’s likely that last week’s lacklustre investment banking performance at Barclays (LSE:BARC) may have been passed off as just another quarter blighted by [...]
JP Morgan beats market expectations for first quarter sending shares surging April 12, 2019 US investment bank JP Morgan beat expectations in its first quarter results today, sending shares up four per cent. The bank, the largest in the US by assets, delivered record revenue and profit figures, boosted by higher interest rates. Revenue in the quarter to 31 March rose 4.7 per cent to $29.85bn (£22.84bn), up from [...]
JP Morgan plans to cut hundreds of asset and wealth management jobs March 28, 2019 JP Morgan Chase & Co is cutting hundreds of jobs across its asset and wealth management division. The investment bank plans to dismiss employees in support roles and some wealth management staff across the firm’s global business as part of an annual review. Read more: City banks back women's wealth scheme “It is normal course of [...]
Nine UK shares that tick all of Warren Buffett’s boxes March 26, 2019 | City Talk By Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor. Looking for equity-based ISA inspiration? We run through the investment checklist of the Berkshire Hathaway chairman to identify UK shares that pass his stockpicking rules. American investor Warren Buffett is to the world of investment what Lionel Messi is to football: the greatest of his generation in the profession [...]
Elon Musk denies claims Tesla is getting involved in bitcoin February 21, 2019 Elon Musk has said Tesla has no plans to get involved with bitcoin at the moment, believing that the cryptocurrency is not an efficient use of the company’s resources. The Tesla chief executive praised cryptocurrency as a potential replacement for paper money in an interview on FYI, a podcast by ARK Investment published today. “Crypto is [...]
Bank earnings the next big threat to Buffett’s portfolio after Apple profit warning? January 14, 2019 | City Talk Warren Buffett may invest for the long haul, but surely any money manager must wince at the thought of losing a $4 billion chunk of their portfolio. Apple shares tanked at the start of the year after CEO Tim Cook issued the company’s first profit warning in 12 years, blaming the US-Sino trade war and [...]
Lyft onboards JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Jefferies to lead its IPO October 17, 2018 US ride-hailing firm Lyft has hired JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Jefferies as underwriters for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO), slated for an early 2019 debut. A source familiar with the matter told Reuters late last night that the three banks have been brought on board to lead the listing, after Morgan Stanley and Goldman [...]
HSBC hiring senior former JP Morgan banker to co-head its global investment bank October 11, 2018 HSBC is set to announce the hire of a senior former JP Morgan banker to co-head its global investment bank. It is understood that the hire of Greg Guyett, who held senior roles at JP Morgan in the UK, US and Asia, will be announced in the next few days. Guyett’s hire, first reported by [...]
Chief exec gender imbalance will take a decade to fix, says JP Morgan boss Dimon September 27, 2018 A wave of female chief executive officers could be at least a decade away, according to chief executive of JP Morgan Chase & Co Jamie Dimon. Speaking at a female leadership event in New York yesterday Dimon said it could be between 10 to 15 years until women make up 10 per cent to [...]
City Moves for 25 September 2018 – who’s switching jobs at JP Morgan Asset Management, BNP Paribas and ICBC Standard Bank? September 25, 2018 Today’s City Moves cover asset management, banking and metals. Take a look at these movers and shakers: JP Morgan Asset Management JP Morgan Asset Management has appointed Jeremy Cape as an executive director to its global transportation group. Jeremy will be based in the firm’s London office and report to Andrian Dacy, head of global [...]