City eyes best possible access to Europe’s Single Market January 16, 2017 The City is shifting to a new focus on best possible access to Europe's Single Market, rather than pinning hopes on continued membership of the trading bloc, as it prepares for the Prime Minister to announce a so-called clean Brexit tomorrow. In a much anticipated speech, Theresa May is expected to make clear the UK’s [...]
US banking giants, including Goldman Sachs, forecast to announce revenue slide next week January 15, 2017 US earnings season might be about to prove that not all that glitters is Goldman, as the investment banking titan is predicted to announce a double digit slide in full-year revenues on Wednesday. Analysts have also forecast a slump in revenues for Morgan Stanley, which reports on Tuesday, and Citigroup, which reports on Wednesday. According to [...]
Wells Fargo’s profits slumped as fourth quarter earnings missed expectations January 13, 2017 Wells Fargo today reported profits were down for the second year as its fourth quarter earnings missed expectations. The figures The US' third-largest bank said quarterly net income was down to $5.3bn (£4.3bn) from $5.6bn the previous year, while diluted earnings per share were down to $0.96 compared with $1.00 last year. Revenue stayed consistent with the fourth [...]
JP Morgan has ushered in the Trump era by smashing expectations January 13, 2017 JP Morgan smashed expectations in the fourth quarter, reporting adjusted earnings per share of $1.71 on forecasts of $1.43. The figures Revenues rose to $24.3bn in the fourth quarter, five per cent lower than the $25.5bn it brought in during the previous quarter – but two per cent up on the $23.7bn it made in the fourth quarter [...]
Bank of America kicks off Wall Street bank results with strong performance in final quarter of 2016 January 13, 2017 Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) today revealed an increase in revenue, income and earnings during the final quarter of last year. The figures Revenue excluding interest expense was up two per cent in the quarter, to $20bn (£16.4bn) from $19.6bn this time last year. Net income jumped to $4.7bn from $1.4bn in the fourth quarter of 2015.The [...]
Out-of-depth traders among reasons for the seriousness of last year’s sterling flash crash January 13, 2017 The bank for central banks has today pointed the finger at inexperienced traders as one of the causes of last October's sterling flash crash. On 7 October last year, sterling plummeted around nine per cent against the US dollar in the early hours of trading in Asia, although it bounced part way back again quickly [...]
Football clubs represent high integrity risk to banks, says Dutch regulator January 13, 2017 Financial institutions need to up their game to combat football corruption, an investigation by the Dutch central bank has concluded. Reporting today, the regulator said banks were exposed to greater "integrity risks" when taking on football clients. And the central bank said this meant financial institutions should "apply a higher risk classification" when dealing with football [...]
Editor’s notes: Carney can see what EU officials refuse to: that they need the City January 13, 2017 Mark Carney isn’t the kind of man to lose his temper in public. Perhaps he isn’t even the kind of man to lose his temper at all. Still, if he was ever to come close to doing so it may well have been at this week’s Treasury Select Committee hearing, where he once again came up [...]
Barclays advises government on latest student loans sell-off push January 12, 2017 Bankers have been appointed by the government as it seeks to sell-off up to £12bn-worth of student loans. Ministers are preparing to kick-off the latest sale of loans issued to students before 2012, and City A.M. has learned Barclays is advising on the deal. The Treasury announced in last year’s Autumn Statement that it was continuing to [...]
Unicredit shareholders approve Italy’s largest ever rights issue of €13bn January 12, 2017 Shareholders at Unicredit have today given the thumbs up to the bank's €13bn rights issue. Italy's largest bank announced the country's largest ever rights issue last month in a bid to rebalance its finances as part of its ongoing turnaround plan, with the shares set to be issued by June. The bank's investors today granted the lender [...]