Investment banks cut job vacancies in half as dealmaking slump hits recruitment and bonuses February 12, 2024 Major investment banks have cut their number of UK job vacancies in half over the last year as a dealmaking slump puts a strain on recruitment and bonuses.
Financial services should get out of London to find new talent, education secretary says February 6, 2024 Financial services firms should “get out more” to attract talent, Gillian Keegan has said.
Brit Marianne Lake tipped to succeed Jamie Dimon as JPMorgan boss January 28, 2024 British banking executive Marianne Lake is among the leading candidates set to take over from Jamie Dimon as chief executive of JPMorgan Chase after a reshuffle of the US giant's leadership.
‘Size does matter’: JP Morgan set to merge trusts as they’re too small January 24, 2024 JP Morgan Asset Management is set to merge its the Multi-Asset Growth & Income trust (MATE) into its Global Growth & Income trust (JGGI), due to MATE’s small size. In a stock exchange notice today, the two trusts said MATE would be folded into JGGI, creating the largest investment trust in the global equity income [...]
Bad debt and high interest rates set to drag on US banks’ earnings January 8, 2024 Lenders are rebounding from share price dips in October as the US economy shows signs of resilience and the central bank pencils in multiple rate cuts this year.
JP Morgan’s Chase UK aims for 2025 profit amid digital banking growth January 2, 2024 Digital challenger bank Chase UK, owned by US giant JP Morgan, aims to become profitable from next year as it seeks to be a “major player” in Britain, according to a top executive at the lender.
Boost for Britain as businesses commit to invest £30bn in UK November 27, 2023 Some of the world’s biggest businesses have committed to invest a total of nearly £30bn in Britain, the government has announced ahead of a major investment summit taking place today.
Lenders jostle for a slice of the ‘innovation economy’ after SVB’s collapse November 5, 2023 A number of banks are stepping up their operations to take a chunk of the UK's fast-growing 'innovation economy', prompted by the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) earlier this year.
Treasury Committee chief: I had my JP Morgan bonus cut for taking maternity leave November 5, 2023 Harriett Baldwin, who chairs the Treasury Committee, told the Observer that she experienced a “glass ceiling” while working at the investment bank.
US banks flag concerns over commercial real estate as debt distress reaches highest level in a decade October 19, 2023 The largest lenders in the US have been building their loss provisions in case loans to the commercial real estate sector turn sour over the coming months.